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vauntest

vauntest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of vaunt.

Meaning of vaunt

Verb

vaunt (third-person singular simple present vaunts, present participle vaunting, simple past and past participle vaunted)

  1. (intransitive) To speak boastfully.
    • "The number," said he, "is great, but what can be expected from mere citizen soldiers? They vaunt and menace in time of safety; none are so arrogant when the enemy is at a distance; but when the din of war thunders at the gates they hide themselves in terror."1829, Washington Irving, chapter XC, in Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada
    Synonyms:
    boast, brag
  2. (transitive) To speak boastfully about.
  3. (transitive) To boast of; to make a vain display of; to display with ostentation.
    • Near-synonym: flaunt
    Synonyms:
    flaunt

See all 5 meanings of vaunt

Origin of vauntest

vaunt + -est

Questions about vauntest

What is vauntest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Vauntest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of vaunt.

Words near vauntest in the dictionary

  1. vauntages
  2. vaunted
  3. vaunter
  4. vaunters
  5. vauntery
  6. vauntest
  7. vaunteth
  8. vauntful
  9. vauntgarde
  10. vauntgardes
  11. vauntguard

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