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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brag \Brag\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bragged}; p. pr & vb n.
{Bragging}.] [OE. braggen to resound, blow, boast (cf. F.
braguer to lead a merry life, flaunt, boast, OF brague
merriment), from Icel. braka to creak, brak noise, fr the
same root as E. break; properly then, to make a noise, boast.
?{95}.]
To talk about one's self or things pertaining to one's self
in a manner intended to excite admiration, envy, or wonder;
to talk boastfully; to boast; -- often followed by of as to
brag of one's exploits, courage, or money, or of the great
things one intends to do
Conceit, more rich in matter than in words Brags of
his substance, not of ornament. --Shak.
Syn: To swagger; boast; vapor; bluster; vaunt; flourish; talk
big
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