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. pösa 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: . . not of works, lest any man should boast. Eph. ii. 8, 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to exult. [ 1913 Webster ]

In God we boast all the day long. Ps. xliv. 8 [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To brag; bluster; vapor; crow; talk big. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To display in ostentatious language; to speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lest bad men should boast
Their specious deeds. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To display vaingloriously. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To possess or have; as, to boast a name. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Boast not thyself of to-morrow. Prov. xxvii. 1 [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Of uncertain etymology. ] 1. (Masonry) To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel. Weale. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Sculp.) To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Act of boasting; vaunting or bragging. [ 1913 Webster ]

Reason and morals? and where live they most,
In Christian comfort, or in Stoic boast! Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The cause of boasting; occasion of pride or exultation, -- sometimes of laudable pride or exultation. [ 1913 Webster ]

The boast of historians. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Boasting. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who boasts; a braggart. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A stone mason's broad-faced chisel. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Given to, or full of, boasting; inclined to boast; vaunting; vainglorious; self-praising. -- Boast"ful*ly, adv. -- Boast"ful*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of glorying or vaunting; vainglorious speaking; ostentatious display. [ 1913 Webster ]

When boasting ends, then dignity begins. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Boastfully; with boasting. “He boastingly tells you.” Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Presumptuous. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without boasting or ostentation. [ 1913 Webster ]

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