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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Boast \Boast\, v. t.
1. To display in ostentatious language; to speak of with
pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to
self-commendation; to extol.
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Lest bad men should boast
Their specious deeds. --Milton.
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2. To display vaingloriously.
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3. To possess or have; as, to boast a name.
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To boast one's self, to speak with unbecoming confidence
in, and approval of, one's self; -- followed by of and the
thing to which the boasting relates. [Archaic]
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Boast not thyself of to-morrow. --Prov. xxvii.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Boast \Boast\, v. t.
1. To display in ostentatious language; to speak of with
pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to
self-commendation; to extol.
Lest bad men should boast Their specious deeds.
--Milton.
2. To display vaingloriously.
3. To possess or have; as, to boast a name.
To boast one's self, to speak with unbecoming confidence
in, and approval of, one's self; -- followed by of and the
thing to which the boasting relates. [Archaic]
Boast not thyself of to-morrow. --Prov. xxvii.
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From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
to boast one`s self /tə bˈəʊst wˈɒn ˈɛs sˈɛlf/
1. dicsôíti önmagát
2. magasztalja önmagát
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