vaunteth
vaunteth is the third-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)
- 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
- To speak boastfully about.
- To boast of; to make a vain display of; to display with ostentation.
- Near-synonym: flaunt
- Synonyms:
- flaunt
Origin of vaunteth
vaunt + -eth
Questions about vaunteth
- What is vaunteth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
- Vaunteth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of vaunt.
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