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avast definition

avast (ə vast′)

interjection

Naut. stop; cease; halt

Etymology: < Du hou'vast, houd vast, hold fast

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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