Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To drive back; repel; hinder the advance of.
- To draw back.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb obsolete To draw back, or cause to draw back.
Etymologies
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From Old French desavancer.
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