Category:Vaunt

Vaunt, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Vaunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Vaunting.] Etym: [f. vanter, ll. vanitare, fr. L. vanus vain. See vain.]

Defn: 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 Vaunt, v. t.

Defn: to boast of; to make a vain display of; to display with Ostentation. Charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up. 1 cor. xiii. 4. My vanquisher, spoiled of his vaunted spoil. Milton.

Vaunt Vaunt, n.

Defn: 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 Vaunt, n. Etym: [f. avant before, fore. See avant, vanguard.]

Defn: the first part. [obs.] Shak.

Vaunt Vaunt, v. t. Etym: [see avant, advance.]

Defn: to put forward; to display. [obs.] "vaunted spear." Spenser. And what so else his person most may vaunt. Spenser.