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vaunt       [vawnt, vahnt] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object)
1.to speak vaingloriously of; boast of: to vaunt one's achievements.
–verb (used without object)
2.to speak boastfully; brag.
–noun
3.a boastful action or utterance.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME vaunten < MF vanter to boast < LL vānitāre, freq. of *vānāre, deriv. of L vānus vain. See vanity]

vaunter, noun
vaunt·ing·ly, adverb
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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.  
  1. A boastful remark.
  2. 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 
1340 (implied in vaunting), from M.Fr. vanter "to praise, speak highly of," from L.L. vanitare "to boast," frequentative of L. vanare "to utter empty words," from vanus "idle, empty" (see vain).

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vaunt

noun
1. extravagant self-praise 

verb
1. show off 

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Vaunt

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

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Vaunt

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

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.

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