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Definition of vaunts in English English dictionary
- vaunt
- A boast; an instance of vaunting
He has answered me back, vaunt for vaunt, rhetoric for rhetoric.
- vaunt
- {n} a boast, vain ostentation, first part
- vaunt
- {v} to boast, brag, talk, largely, display
- vaunt
- To speak boastfully
- vaunt
- The first part
- vaunt
- A vain display of what one is, or has, or has done; ostentation from vanity; a boast; a brag
- vaunt
- To boast of; to make a vain display of; to display with ostentation
- vaunt
- To boast; to make a vain display of one's own worth, attainments, decorations, or the like; to talk ostentatiously; to brag
- vaunt
- {f} boast, brag, exaggerate about oneself
- vaunt
- {i} act or instance of boasting
- vaunt
- show off
- vaunt
- extravagant self-praise
- vaunt
- To put forward; to display
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[ 'vont, 'vänt ] (verb.) 15th century. Middle English, from Middle French vanter, from Late Latin vanitare, frequentative of Latin vanare, from Latin vanus vain.Resimler
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