BOASTv.i.
[Gr. to inflate; L. fastus.]
1. To brag, or vaunt one's self; to make an ostentatious display, in speech, of one's own worth, property, or actions.
2. To glory; to speak with laudable pride and ostentation of meritorious persons or things.
I boast of you to them of Macedonia. St. Paul. 2 Corinthians 9:2.
Usually, it is followed by of; sometimes by in.
3. To exalt one's self.
With your mouth you have boasted against me. Ezekiel 35:13
BOASTv.t.
To display in ostentatious language; to speak of with pride, vanity or exultation, with a view to self-commendation.
Lest men should boast their specious deeds.
1. Magnify or exalt.
They boast themselves in the multitude of their riches. Psalm 49:6.
2. To exult in confident expectation.
Boast not thyself of tomorrow. Proverbs 27:1.
BOASTn.
Expression of ostentation, pride or vanity; a vaunting.
Thou makest thy boast of the law. Romans 2:23.
1. The cause of boasting; occasion of pride, vanity, or laudable exultation.
Trial by peers is the boast of the British nation.