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vaunting |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Vaunt \Vaunt\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Vaunted}; p. pr & vb n. {Vaunting}.] [F. vanter, LL vanitare fr L. vanus vain. See {Vain}.] 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.
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