[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

vaunt \vaunt\ vaumnt or vaddnt; 277, v. i. imp.  p. p.
   vaunted; p. pr.  vb. n. vaunting. f. vanter, ll.
   vanitare, fr. l. vanus vain. see vain.
   to boast; to make a vain display of one's own worth,
   attainments, decorations, or the like; to talk
   ostentatiously; to brag.
   1913 webster

         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
see also:
vaunted vaunting vain 

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