vaunt
vaunt is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.My vanquisher, spoiled of his vaunted spoil. Milton.
- 2.A vain display of what one is, or has, or has done; ostentation from vanity; a boast; a brag. The spirits beneath, whom I seduced With other promises and other vaunts. Milton.
- 3.The first part. [Obs.] Shak.
- 4.To put forward; to display. [Obs.] "Vaunted spear." Spenser. And what so else his person most may vaunt. Spenser.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Definition-first questions whose answer is vaunt.
- What is my vanquisher, spoiled of his vaunted spoil. Milton called?
- What is a vain display of what one is, or has, or has done; ostentation from vanity; a boast; a brag. The spirits beneath, whom I seduced With other promises and other vaunts. Milton called?
- What is to put forward; to display. [Obs.] "Vaunted spear." Spenser. And what so else his person most may vaunt. Spenser called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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