King James Bible Dictionary

V'AUNT, verb intransitive [Latin vanus. This ought to be written vant.]

To boast; to make a vain display of one's own worth, attainments or decorations; to talk with vain ostentation; to brag.

Pride - prompts a man to vaunt and overvalue what he is.

V'AUNT, verb transitive To boast of; to make a vain display of.

My vanquisher, spoil'd of his vaunted spoil.

Charity vaunteth not itself. 1 Corinthians 13:4.

V'AUNT, noun Boast; a vain display of what one is or has, or has done; ostentation from vanity.

Him I seduc'd with other vaunts and other promises.

V'AUNT, noun The first part. [Not used.]

VAUNT-COURIER, noun A precursor.

V'AUNTED, participle passive Vainly boasted of or displayed.

V'AUNTER, noun A vain conceited boaster; a braggart; a man given to vain ostentation.

V'AUNTFUL, adjective Boastful; vainly ostentatious.

V'AUNTING, participle present tense Vainly boasting; ostentatiously setting forth what one is or has.

V'AUNTINGLY, adverb Boastfully; with vain ostentation.

V'AUNT-MURE, noun A false wall; a work raised in front of the main wall.