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Boast (&unr_;), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Boasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Boasting.] [OE. bosten, boosten, v., bost, boost, n., noise, boasting; cf. G. bausen, bauschen, to swell, pusten, Dan. puste, Sw. pusta, to blow, Sw. p&ö;sa to swell; or W. bostio to boast, bost boast, Gael. bosd. But these last may be from English.] 1. To vaunt one's self; to brag; to say or tell things which are intended to give others a high opinion of one's self or of things belonging to one's self; as, to boast of one's exploits courage, descent, wealth.
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By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: . . not of works, lest any man should boast. Eph. ii. 8, 9.
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2. To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to exult.
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In God we boast all the day long. Ps. xliv. 8
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Syn. -- To brag; bluster; vapor; crow; talk big.
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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. 1
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Boast, v. t. [Of uncertain etymology.] 1. (Masonry) To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel. Weale.
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2. (Sculp.) To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required.
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Boast, n. 1. Act of boasting; vaunting or bragging.
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Reason and morals? and where live they most,
In Christian comfort, or in Stoic boast! Byron.
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2. The cause of boasting; occasion of pride or exultation, -- sometimes of laudable pride or exultation.
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The boast of historians. Macaulay.
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