v. i.
Pride, which prompts a man to vaunt and overvalue what he is, does incline him to disvalue what he has. Gov. of Tongue. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To boast of; to make a vain display of; to display with ostentation. In the latter sense, the term usually used is
Charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up. 1 Cor. xiii. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]
My vanquisher, spoiled of his vaunted spoil. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A vain display of what one is, or has, or has done; ostentation from vanity; a boast; a brag. [ 1913 Webster ]
The spirits beneath, whom I seduced
With other promises and other vaunts. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. avant before, fore. See Avant, Vanguard. ] The first part. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ See Avant, Advance. ] To put forward; to display. [ Obs. ] “Vaunted spear.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
And what so else his person most may vaunt. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Van-courier. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who vaunts; a boaster. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Given to vaunting or boasting; vainly ostentatious; boastful; vainglorious. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a vaunting manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. avant-mur. See Vanguard, and Mure. ] (Fort.) A false wall; a work raised in front of the main wall.