† aventv.
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To air, to refresh with cool air, esp. by opening the front of the helmet so as to admit it; hence, to open (the helmet) for this purpose.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > refreshment or invigoration > refresh or invigorate [verb (transitive)] > specific
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aventc1440
recreatec1530
frostbite1667
over-inform1681
the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > freshen (air) [verb (transitive)] > supply with fresh air or ventilate > ventilate by opening front of helmet
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c1440 Bone Flor. 1941 As he schulde hys helme avente, A quarell smote hym.
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) vi. 305 Yat off hys bassynet has tane Till awent him [1487 St. John's Cambr. tak the air] for he wes hate.
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 335 Thei were well refresshed and a-vented.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy xv. 7090 He voidet his viser, auentid hym seluyn.
2. reflexive and intransitive. To come out or escape into the open air; figurative to escape from confinement.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > go or come out [verb (intransitive)] > of something confined
to run outeOE
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escapec1450
avoid1483
evacue?1541
vent1541
event1609
disemboguea1625
evacuate1643
extravasate1677
the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [verb (intransitive)] > from confinement
atburstc1000
outbreakOE
strayc1330
aventc1375
twinc1386
out-wina1425
to break away1535
disengage1647
to break bounds1816
to cut loose1828
c1375 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. (1869) I. 219 Whanne þei ben aventid..Goddis lawe lymyteþ how þes wyndis shulen passe awei.
Derivatives
aventing n.
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the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [noun] > from restraint or confinement
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outscapea1555
escapade1653
loose1669
the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > [noun] > coming out into fresh air
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c1380 J. Wyclif De Pseudo-freris in Wks. (1880) 319 It were good to many men þat ben closid in þise ordris þat þei disporteden hem in þe world. for siche auentyng many times fordoiþ enuye, ire & lust.
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