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vaunt       (vônt, vŏnt)  Pronunciation Key  v.   vaunt·ed, vaunt·ing, vaunts v.   tr. To speak boastfully of; brag about. v.   intr. To speak boastfully; brag. See Synonyms at boast1. n.   A boastful remark. Speech of extravagant self-praise. [Middle English vaunten, from Old French vanter, from Late Latin vānitāre, to talk frivolously, frequentative of Latin vānāre, from vānus, empty; see euə- in Indo-European roots.] vaunt'er n., vaunt'ing·ly adv.

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vaunt
noun
1.	extravagant self-praise
verb
1.	show off

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A*vaunt"\, v. t. & i. [OF. avanter; [`a] (L. ad) + vanter. See Vaunt.] To vaunt; to boast. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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Vain\, a. [Compar. Vainer; superl. Vainest.] [F. vain, L. vanus empty, void, vain. Cf. Vanish, Vanity, Vaunt to boast.]

1. Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying. "Thy vain excuse." --Shak.

Every man walketh in a vain show. --Ps. xxxix. 6.

Let no man deceive you with vain words. --Eph. v. 6.

Vain pomp, and glory of this world, I hate ye! --Shak.

Vain wisdom all, and false philosophy. --Milton.

2. Destitute of forge or efficacy; effecting no purpose; fruitless; ineffectual; as, vain toil; a vain attempt.

Bring no more vain oblations. --Isa. i. 13.

Vain is the force of man To crush the pillars which the pile sustain. --Dryden.

3. Proud of petty things, or of trifling attainments; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason; conceited; puffed up; inflated.

But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith apart from works is barren? --James ii. 20 (Rev. Ver.).

The minstrels played on every side, Vain of their art. --Dryden.

4. Showy; ostentatious.

Load some vain church with old theatric state. --Pope.

Syn: Empty; worthless; fruitless; ineffectual; idle; unreal; shadowy; showy; ostentatious; light; inconstant; deceitful; delusive; unimportant; trifling.

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Vaunt

Vamp"er\, v. i. [Cf. Vaunt.] To swagger; to make an ostentatious show. [Prov. eng. & Scot.] --Jamieson.

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Vaunt

Vant\, v. i. See Vaunt. [Obs.]

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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.