Vaunt — Defs

01 v. i. To boast; to make a vain display of one's own worth, attainments, decorations, or the like; to talk ostentatiously; to brag.

imp. & p. p. Vaunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Vaunting

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To boast; to make a vain display of one's own worth, attainments, decorations, or the like; to talk ostentatiously; to brag.
“Pride, which prompts a man to vaunt and overvalue what he is, does incline him to disvalue what he has.” — Gov. of Tongue.

02 v. t. To boast of; to make a vain display of; to display with ostentation. In the latter sense, the term usually used is flaunt.

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To boast of; to make a vain display of; to display with ostentation. In the latter sense, the term usually used is flaunt.
“Charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up.” — 1 Cor. xiii. 4.

“My vanquisher, spoiled of his vaunted spoil.” — Milton.

03 n. A vain display of what one is, or has, or has done; ostentation from vanity; a boast; a brag.

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A vain display of what one is, or has, or has done; ostentation from vanity; a boast; a brag.
“The spirits beneath, whom I seduced With other promises and other vaunts.” — Milton.

04 n. The first part.

05 v. t. To put forward; to display.

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To put forward; to display.[Obs.]
“And what so else his person most may vaunt.” — Spenser.