Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Adaunt \A*daunt"\, v. t. [OE. adaunten to overpower, OF.
   adonter; [`a] (L. ad) + donter, F. dompter. See {Daunt}.]
   To daunt; to subdue; to mitigate. [Obs.] --Skelton.