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Meanings of vaunt in English

Portuguese
vangloriar-se
Catalan
gallejar
Spanish
alardear

To show off.

vangloriar-se
Usage of vaunt in English
1
Thus did he vaunt, but darkness closed the eyes of the other.
The Iliad
2
Thus did he vaunt, and the Argives were stung by his saying.
The Iliad
3
But it is not for me to vaunt myself for my voyages.
Tales of Fantasy and Fact
4
Nor did Agricola ever vaunt his exploits to blazon his own fame.
The Reign of Tiberius, Out of the First Six Annals of Tacitus; /...
5
But we met as kindred, if I may vaunt myself so much.
The Path of a Star
6
Nor was the Iroquois less struck with the vaunt of the white man.
The Deerslayer
7
The Easterns generally vaunt themselves on not knowing the day of their birth.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
8
How vaunt and prophecy were fulfilled, all the world knows now.
Border and Bastille
9
His love had been an inner reverent thing which did not vaunt itself.
Fate Knocks at the Door: A Novel
10
The impulse to boast, to vaunt his cleverness, was not to be resisted.
The Furnace of Gold
11
I vaunt not myself, yet women have thought me not uncomely.
Fair Margaret
12
But he was too clever a man to vaunt his triumph.
The Last Shot
13
When I shall never again vaunt myself or be puffed up!
Bunyan Characters (3rd Series)
14
Indeed, Drury Lane was but little entitled to vaunt its superiority in the matter.
A Book of the Play / Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Sto...
15
This smells more of vaunt than of loyalty; naught-very naught.
Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 05
16
Therefore Percy Mackaye makes Sappho vaunt over the philosopher, Pittacus:
The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poe...
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