\Vaunt\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Vaunted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Vaunting}.] [F. vanter, LL. vanitare, fr. L. vanus vain. See
{Vain}.]
To boast; to make a vain display of one's own worth,
attainments, decorations, or the like; to talk
ostentatiously; to brag.
      Pride, which prompts a man to vaunt and overvalue what
      he is, does incline him to disvalue what he has. --Gov.
                                               of Tongue.

\Vaunt\, v. t.
To boast of; to make a vain display of; to display with
ostentation.
      Charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up. --1 Cor.
                                               xiii. 4.
      My vanquisher, spoiled of his vaunted spoil. --Milton.

\Vaunt\, n.
A vain display of what one is, or has, or has done;
ostentation from vanity; a boast; a brag.
      The spirits beneath, whom I seduced With other promises
      and other vaunts.                        --Milton.

\Vaunt\, n. [F. avant before, fore. See {Avant},
{Vanguard}.]
The first part. [Obs.] --Shak.

\Vaunt\, v. t. [See {Avant}, {Advance}.]
To put forward; to display. [Obs.] ``Vaunted spear.''
--Spenser.
      And what so else his person most may vaunt. --Spenser.