vaunting

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vaunting - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Vaunt \Vaunt\ (v[aum]nt or v[add]nt; 277), 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.
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           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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