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vaunted
(encz) | vaunted,chlubivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Vaunted
(gcide) | Vaunt \Vaunt\ (v[aum]nt or v[add]nt; 277), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Vaunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Vaunting.] [F. vanter, LL.
vanitare, fr. L. vanus vain. See Vain.]
To boast; to make a vain display of one's own worth,
attainments, decorations, or the like; to talk
ostentatiously; to brag.
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Pride, which prompts a man to vaunt and overvalue what
he is, does incline him to disvalue what he has. --Gov.
of Tongue.
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Vaunted
(gcide) | Vaunt \Vaunt\ (v[aum]nt or v[add]nt; 277), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Vaunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Vaunting.] [F. vanter, LL.
vanitare, fr. L. vanus vain. See Vain.]
To boast; to make a vain display of one's own worth,
attainments, decorations, or the like; to talk
ostentatiously; to brag.
[1913 Webster]
Pride, which prompts a man to vaunt and overvalue what
he is, does incline him to disvalue what he has. --Gov.
of Tongue.
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