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Boast
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(v. t.) To display in ostentatious language; to speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol.
(2):
(v. i.) To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to exult.
(3):
(v. i.) To vaunt one's self; to brag; to say or tell things which are intended to give others a high opinion of one's self or of things belonging to one's self; as, to boast of one's exploits courage, descent, wealth.
(4):
(v. t.) To display vaingloriously.
(5):
(v. t.) To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel.
(6):
(v. t.) To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required.
(7):
(n.) Act of boasting; vaunting or bragging.
(8):
(n.) The cause of boasting; occasion of pride or exultation, - sometimes of laudable pride or exultation.
(9):
(v. t.) To possess or have; as, to boast a name.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Boast'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/boast.html. 1828.