boasted

Verb (1)

boast (third-person singular simple present boasts, present participle boasting, simple past and past participle boasted)

1. (intransitive) To brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself.
   • On no account will he or any other kind be able to boast that he's escaped the pursuit of those who can follow so detailed and comprehensive a method of enquiry.2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 235c
2. (transitive) [with about or of] To speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol.
   • Lest bad men should boast / Their specious deeds.1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
3. (obsolete) To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to exult.
   • In God we boast all the day long.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 44:8
4. To play a boast shot.
5. (transitive) To possess (a special and desirable quality).
   • The hotel boasts one of the best views of the sea.

Verb (2)

boast (third-person singular simple present boasts, present participle boasting, simple past and past participle boasted)

1. To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel.

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