Толковый словарь английского языка - vaunt
Vaunt
vaunt
I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French vanter, from Late Latin vanitare, frequentative of Latin *vanare, from vanus vain Date: 15th century intransitive verb to make a vain display of one's own worth or attainments ; brag , transitive verb to call attention to pridefully and often boastfully , see: boast ~er noun ~ingly adverb II. noun Date: 14th century a vainglorious display of what one is or has or has done, a bragging assertive statement
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v. & n. literary --v. 1 intr. boast, brag. 2 tr. boast of; extol boastfully. --n. a boast. Derivatives vaunter n. vauntingly adv. Etymology: ME f. AF vaunter, OF vanter f. LL vantare f. L vanus VAIN: partly obs. avaunt (v.) f. avanter f. a- intensive + vanter ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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