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vaunting
▪ I. ˈvaunting, vbl. n. Now arch. [f. vaunt v.] The action of the vb.; boasting, bragging.c 1340 Hampole Pr. Consc. 1145 Honours nuryshes, als men may se, Vayn glory, vauntyng and vanite. 1586 Day Eng. Secretary ii. (1625) 51, I could alwaies find an Asse by his braying, and scorne a rascall though ... Oxford English Dictionary
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The Ritual (2009 film)
The plot details the beginning of Wayne's vaunting task of grooming a successor, until outside influences threaten to destroy their sadistic relationship wikipedia.org
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vauntingness
ˈvauntingness rare. [f. vaunting vbl. n.] Boastfulness.1727 Bailey (vol. II), Ostentatiousness, vauntingness, bragging, shewiness. 1955 E. Bowen World of Love v. 83 If she chose to make history out of her vicissitudes, that was really from vauntingness—nothing beat her. Oxford English Dictionary
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Bashar ibn Burd
Style Most of his Hija' (satires) are in traditional style, while his fakhr expresses his Shu'ubi sentiments, vaunting the achievements of his Persian wikipedia.org
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avaunting
▪ I. † aˈvaunting, vbl. n. [f. avaunt v.1 + -ing1.] Boasting, self-glorification, vaunting.c 1380 Sir Ferumb. 352 Þat auantyngge þat þou hast mad. 1528 More Heresyes iv. Wks. 256/1 In the vaine auaunting of hys own false boast and prayse.▪ II. † aˈvaunting, ppl. a. Obs. [f. as prec. + -ing2.] Boastf... Oxford English Dictionary
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Jacob Bailey (author)
"Behold the vaunting hero," Royal Gazette and the Nova-Scotia Advertiser (Halifax), 11 Dec. 1798, and "Observations and conjectures on the antiquities wikipedia.org
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vauntage
ˈvauntage rare—1. [f. vaunt n.1] Boasting, vaunting.1818 Milman Samor iii. 374 Frisian and Scandinavian, Cimbrian rich In ancient vauntage of his sires, who clomb The Alpine snows, and shook free Rome with dread. Oxford English Dictionary
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The Roast Beef of Old England
In those days, if Fleets did presume on the Main, They seldom, or never, return'd back again, As witness, the Vaunting Armada of Spain. Oh! wikipedia.org
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vauntise
† vauntise Obs.—1 [ad. OF. vantise vaunting, vanity, pride: see -ise2.] A vaunt or boast.c 1477 Caxton Jason (1913) 22 Moche was Iason desplaysaunt whan he had vnderstande the vauntises of his mortall ennemy. Oxford English Dictionary
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vaunt
vaunt/vɔ:nt; vɔnt/ v[Tn](fml derog 文, 贬) boast about (sth); draw attention to (sth) in a conceited way 吹嘘, 夸耀(某事物) The bank's much-vaunted security system failed completely. 这家银行大肆吹嘘的保安设施完全无济於事. vaunting her charm, success, wealth for all to see 向大家炫示她的魅力、 成就、 财富. 牛津英汉双解词典
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Hillingdon Civic Centre
He concluded that “the proudly vaunting philistinism which has afflicted Britain for three decades found its first architectural expression at Hillingdon wikipedia.org
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recontest
reconˈtest, v. [re- 5 a; cf. F. recontester (Cotgr.).] trans. To contest again.1611 Cotgrave Dict., Recontester, to recontest; make new protestation of, or complaint vnto. 1897 W. J. Locke Derelicts xviii. 239 The old man vaunting the ancients and Joyce defending the moderns, until a veritable Battl... Oxford English Dictionary
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Bournemouth Rowing Club
The race was a walkover for Bournemouth who won in 6 minutes and thus extinguished for the moment the vaunting ambition of their rivals. wikipedia.org
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Thraso
‖ Thraso (ˈθreɪsəʊ) Pl. -os, -oes, also as L., Thrasones (-ˈəʊniːz). [L., ad. Gr. θράσων, name of a braggart soldier in Terence's Eunuchus, f. θρασ-ύς bold, spirited.] A braggart, a boaster.[1563 B. Googe Eglogs (Arb.) 85 In Countreye Venus hath defecte, In Countreye Thraso hath no grace.] a 1576 Pi... Oxford English Dictionary
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Gamma Draconis
It is by far the brightest star having a zenith above a point near London which led to its vaunting in these places as the "zenith star". wikipedia.org
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