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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 boast1.
n.
1. A boastful remark.
2. Speech of extravagant self-praise.
[Middle Englishvaunten, from Old Frenchvanter, from Late Latinvānitāre,to talk frivolously, frequentative of Latinvānāre, fromvānus,empty; seeeuə- inIndo-European roots.]
vaunt′er n.
vaunt′ing·ly adv.
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vaunt
(vɔːnt)vb
1. (tr) to describe, praise, or display (one's success, possessions, etc) boastfully
2. (intr)rareorliterary to use boastful language; brag
n
3.a boast
4.archaic ostentatious display
[C14: from Old Frenchvanter, from Late Latinvānitāre to brag, from Latinvānus vain]
ˈvauntern
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vaunt
(vɔnt, vɑnt)v.t.
1. to boast of: to vaunt one's achievements.
v.i. 2. to speak boastfully; brag.
n. 3. a boastful action or utterance.
[1350–1400; Middle Englishvaunten < Middle Frenchvanter to boast < Late Latinvānitāre, derivative of Latinvānusvain]
vaunt′er,n.
vaunt′ing•ly,adv.
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vaunt
Past participle:vaunted
Gerund:vaunting
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vaunt |
vaunt |
Present |
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I vaunt |
you vaunt |
he/she/it vaunts |
we vaunt |
you vaunt |
they vaunt |
Preterite |
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I vaunted |
you vaunted |
he/she/it vaunted |
we vaunted |
you vaunted |
they vaunted |
Present Continuous |
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I am vaunting |
you are vaunting |
he/she/it is vaunting |
we are vaunting |
you are vaunting |
they are vaunting |
Present Perfect |
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I have vaunted |
you have vaunted |
he/she/it has vaunted |
we have vaunted |
you have vaunted |
they have vaunted |
Past Continuous |
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I was vaunting |
you were vaunting |
he/she/it was vaunting |
we were vaunting |
you were vaunting |
they were vaunting |
Past Perfect |
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I had vaunted |
you had vaunted |
he/she/it had vaunted |
we had vaunted |
you had vaunted |
they had vaunted |
Future |
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I will vaunt |
you will vaunt |
he/she/it will vaunt |
we will vaunt |
you will vaunt |
they will vaunt |
Future Perfect |
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I will have vaunted |
you will have vaunted |
he/she/it will have vaunted |
we will have vaunted |
you will have vaunted |
they will have vaunted |
Future Continuous |
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I will be vaunting |
you will be vaunting |
he/she/it will be vaunting |
we will be vaunting |
you will be vaunting |
they will be vaunting |
Present Perfect Continuous |
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I have been vaunting |
you have been vaunting |
he/she/it has been vaunting |
we have been vaunting |
you have been vaunting |
they have been vaunting |
Future Perfect Continuous |
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I will have been vaunting |
you will have been vaunting |
he/she/it will have been vaunting |
we will have been vaunting |
you will have been vaunting |
they will have been vaunting |
Past Perfect Continuous |
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I had been vaunting |
you had been vaunting |
he/she/it had been vaunting |
we had been vaunting |
you had been vaunting |
they had been vaunting |
Conditional |
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I would vaunt |
you would vaunt |
he/she/it would vaunt |
we would vaunt |
you would vaunt |
they would vaunt |
Past Conditional |
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I would have vaunted |
you would have vaunted |
he/she/it would have vaunted |
we would have vaunted |
you would have vaunted |
they would have vaunted |
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Verb | 1. | ![]() puff - speak in a blustering or scornful manner; "A puffing kind of man" exaggerate,hyperbolise,hyperbolize,overstate,amplify,magnify,overdraw - to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery" |
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vaunt
verbnounAn act of boasting:
Informal:blow.
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Diomed answered, "All that you have said is true; there is a grief however which pierces me to the very heart, for Hector will talk among the Trojans and say, 'The son of Tydeus fled before me to the ships.' This is thevaunt he will make, and may earth then swallow me."
Thus did hevaunt, but Queen Juno made high Olympus quake as she shook with rage upon her throne.
Even should theyvaunt Shakespeare to you, I tell you that Shakespeare is rubbish, and proper only for lampoons--Your own,
Miss Haredale, I cannot bear--believe me, that I cannot bear--by speaking of myself, or what I have done, or am prepared to do, to seem tovaunt my services before you.
They bent his hands and feet well behind his back, and bound them tight with a painful bond as Ulysses had told them; then they fastened a noose about his body and strung him up from a high pillar till he was close up to the rafters, and over him did you thenvaunt, O swineherd Eumaeus saying, "Melanthius, you will pass the night on a soft bed as you deserve.
They must needs be violent, to make good their ownvaunts. Neither can they be secret, and therefore not effectual; but according to the French proverb, Beaucoup de bruit, peu de fruit; Much bruit little fruit.
As to connexion, there Emma was perfectly easy; persuaded, that after all his ownvaunted claims and disdain of Harriet, he had done nothing.
Millward's first and only curate - for that gentleman's declining years forced him at last to acknowledge that the duties of his extensive parish were a little too much for thosevaunted energies which he was wont to boast over his younger and less active brethren of the cloth.
I tell thee, proud Templar, that not in thy fiercest battles hast thou displayed more of thyvaunted courage, than has been shown by woman when called upon to suffer by affection or duty.
A great boaster was he withal, and to-day he strutted about on one of these corner stages, andvaunted of his prowess, and offered to crack any man's crown for a shilling.
"If you will forgive me for saying so, it is the second time you havevaunted the attractions of England at the expense of the delight which all experience who live in France."
Havingvaunted this signal piece of service, there was a significant pause; all evidently expecting some adequate reward.
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