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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’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. vaunter noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Webster's_DictionaryWebster's Dictionary - Wikipedia

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   1 day ago · Webster's Dictionary is any of the English language dictionaries edited in the early 19th century by Noah Webster (1758–1843), an American lexicographer, as well as numerous related or unrelated dictionaries that have adopted the Webster's name in his honor."Webster's" has since become a genericized trademark in the United States for English dictionaries, and is widely used in dictionary titles.