Brag: alternatives and connections

More elevated in place or position; higher; upper; as, the superior limb of the sun; the superior part of an image.

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More elevated in place or position; higher; upper; as, the superior limb of the sun; the superior part of an image.

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To render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like; -- used especially of telescopes, microscopes, etc.

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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 se…

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of Boast

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To heap up; to accumulate.

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To speak or write with exaggeration.

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Vain boasting or assertions repeated to the prejudice of another's right; false claim.

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To make great, or greater; to increase the dimensions of; to amplify; to enlarge, either in fact or in appearance; as, the microscope magnifies the o…

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To exaggerate; to overdo.

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To state in too strong terms; to exaggerate.

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Praise of one's self.

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To make the shrill sound characteristic of a cock, either in joy, gayety, or defiance.

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To look steadfastly; to gaze earnestly; -- usually in a bad sense, to gaze with malignant satisfaction, passionate desire, lust, or avarice.

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A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth; hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a whiff.

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A magnificent and imposing ceremonial performed in honor of a general who had gained a decisive victory over a foreign enemy.

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Having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of great size; large.

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Having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of great size; large.

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To flower; to blossom; to bloom.

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To blow fitfully with violence and noise, as wind; to be windy and boisterous, as the weather.

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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 se…

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Any protuberant part; a round, swelling part or body; a knoblike process; as, a boss of wood.

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of Brag

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To make the shrill sound characteristic of a cock, either in joy, gayety, or defiance.

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of Crow

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An aeriform fluid; -- a term used at first by chemists as synonymous with air, but since restricted to fluids supposed to be permanently elastic, as…

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A boast or boasting; a vaunt; a bravado; a bragging; braggodocio.

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An oval figure, whose moldings are oblique to the axis of the work.

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To act as a tout. See 2d Tout.

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of Vapor

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

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