Vaunt1. (v. i.) To boast; to make a vain display of one's own worth, attainments, decorations, or the like; to talk ostentatiously; to brag.
2. (v. t.) To boast of; to make a vain display of; to display with ostentation.
3. (n.) A vain display of what one is, or has, or has done; ostentation from vanity; a boast; a brag.
4. (n.) The first part.
5. (v. t.) To put forward; to display.
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