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   vaunt

   /vɔːnt/

   verb

   • 1. boast about or praise (something), especially excessively: "he was initially vaunted by the West for his leadership of the country"

   noun

   • 1. a boast. archaic

   Word Origin late Middle English: the noun a shortening of obsolete avaunt ‘boasting, a boast’; the verb (originally in the sense ‘use boastful language’) from Old French vanter, from late Latin vantare, based on Latin vanus ‘vain, empty’.

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   • 1. vaunter noun

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   vaunt. verb. These are words and phrases related to vaunt. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of vaunt. She always vaunts her father's wealth. Synonyms. boast about. brag of. crow about. gloat over. exult in. talk big about. give oneself airs about. blow one's own horn. gasconade. flaunt. swagger.

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   ( transitive) To boast of; to make a vain display of; to display with ostentation. Bible, 1 Cor. xiii. 4. Charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up. Milton. My vanquisher, spoiled of his vaunted spoil. Synonyms. speak boastfully: boast, brag. Derived words & phrases. Translations. Noun. vaunt ( pl. vaunts) A boast; an instance of vaunting.

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   To speak or write about (something) in a strongly positive way; praise or boast about. v.intr. To speak boastfully; brag. See Synonyms at boast 1. n. 1. A boastful remark. 2. Speech of extravagant self-praise.

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   Define vaunter. vaunter synonyms, vaunter pronunciation, vaunter translation, English dictionary definition of vaunter. v. vaunt·ed , vaunt·ing , vaunts v. tr. To speak or write about in a strongly positive way; praise or boast about. v. intr. To speak boastfully; brag.

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   Definition of vaunt in the Definitions.net dictionary. Meaning of vaunt. Information and translations of vaunt in the most comprehensive dictionary definitions resource on the web.

8. ludwig.guru › s › vauntvaunt | English Definition & Examples | Ludwig

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   vaunt. verb. To speak boastfully. synonyms. brag. boast. shoot a line. gas. tout. blow. exact ( 8 ) The country's recovery (which Conservative ministers will vaunt from the platform at their conference next week) is illusory when real wages are still falling. 1. The Economist.