verb
- to drive away or banish; to command to depart
Usage: archaic; literary; often used as an exclamation or command
Examples
- Aroint thee, foul spirit!
- The witch cried 'Aroint!' to drive away the intruders.
- In Shakespeare's works, characters use 'aroint' to command unwanted presences to leave.
- Aroint thee, beggar, from my door!
- The old incantation was meant to aroint evil forces from the village.