vaunting


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vaunt

(vônt, vŏnt)
v. vaunt·ed, vaunt·ing, vaunts
v.tr.
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.
[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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Translations

vaunting

[ˈvɔːntɪŋ]
A. ADJ → jactancioso
B. N → jactancia f
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AN Editor who was always vaunting the purity, enterprise, and fearlessness of his paper was pained to observe that he got no subscribers.
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Indeed, she returned so often to these sublects, and so frequently called upon them to take a lesson from her,--at the same time vaunting and, as it were, rioting in, her huge unworthiness, and abundant excess of sin,--that, in the course of a short time, she became, in that small chamber, rather a nuisance than a comfort, and rendered them, if possible, even more unhappy than they had been before.
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Would to God, Richard, or any of his vaunting minions of England, would appear in these lists!
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