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Vaunt

Vaunt

(vänt or va̤nt; 277)
,
Verb.
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.

Vaunt

,
Verb.
T.
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.

Vaunt

,
Noun.
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.

Vaunt

,
Noun.
[F.
avant
before, fore. See
Avant
,
Vanguard
.]
The first part.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Vaunt

,
Verb.
T.
[See
Avant
,
Advance
.]
To put forward; to display.
[Obs.]
“Vaunted spear.”
Spenser.
And what so else his person most may
vaunt
.
Spenser.

Webster 1828 Edition

Vaunt

V'AUNT

,
Verb.
I.
[L. vanus. This ought to be written vant.]
To boast; to make a vain display of one's own worth, attainments or decorations; to talk with vain ostentation; to brag.
Pride - prompts a man to vaunt and overvalue what he is.

V'AUNT

,
Verb.
T.
To boast of; to make a vain display of.
My vanquisher, spoil'd of his vaunted spoil.
Charity vaunteth not itself. 1Cor. 13.

V'AUNT

,
Noun.
Boast; a vain display of what one is or has, or has done; ostentation from vanity.
Him I seduc'd with other vaunts and other promises.

V'AUNT

,
Noun.
The first part. [Not used.]

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