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vaunting
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Vaunt \Vaunt\, 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.
Pride, which prompts a man to vaunt and overvalue what
he is, does incline him to disvalue what he has.
--Gov.
of Tongue.
Wiktionary
a. boastful n. boasting
Usage examples of "vaunting".
Eight legions of vaunting Rome wiped out to the man, two entire consular armies.
Then Achilles caught him by the foot and flung him into the river to go down stream, vaunting over him the while, and saying, "Lie there among the fishes, who will lick the blood from your wound and gloat over it.
Then Achilles set his foot on his chest and spoiled him of his armour, vaunting over him and saying, "Lie there begotten of a river though you be, it is hard for you to strive with the offspring of Saturn's son.
These surmises are, therefore, to be imputed to the vauntings of the author of this enterprise, to multiply his partisans by magnifying the belief of his prospects and support.