boast

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1. 1.To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to exult. In God we boast all the day long. Ps. xiiv. 8
2. 2.To display in ostentatious language; to speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol. Lest bad men should boast Their specious deeds. Milton.
3. 3.To display vaingloriously.
4. 4.To possess or have; as, to boast a name. To boast one's self, to speak with unbecoming confidence in, and approval of, one's self; -- followed by of and the thing to which the boasting relates. [Archaic] Boast not thyself of to-morrow. Prov. xxvii.
5. 5.(Masonry) To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel. Weale.
6. 6.(Sculp.) To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required.
7. 7.Act of boasting; vaunting or bragging. Reason and morals and where live they most, In Christian comfort, or in Stoic boast! Byron.
8. 8.The cause of boasting; occasion of pride or exultation, -- sometimes of laudable pride or exultation. The boast of historians. Macaulay.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to exult. In God we boast all the day long. Ps. xiiv. 8 called?
• What is to display in ostentatious language; to speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol. Lest bad men should boast Their specious deeds. Milton called?
• What is to dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel. Weale called?
• What is to shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required called?
• What is act of boasting; vaunting or bragging. Reason and morals and where live they most, In Christian comfort, or in Stoic boast! Byron called?
• What is the cause of boasting; occasion of pride or exultation, -- sometimes of laudable pride or exultation. The boast of historians. Macaulay called?