[vɔːnt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- boast about or praise (something), especially excessively
(e.g: he was initially vaunted by the West for his leadership of the country)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: the noun a shortening of obsolete avaunt ‘boasting, a boast’; the verb (originally in the sense ‘use boastful language’) from Old French vanter, from late Latin vantare, based on Latin vanus ‘vain, empty’

[vɔːnt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a boast


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: the noun a shortening of obsolete avaunt ‘boasting, a boast’; the verb (originally in the sense ‘use boastful language’) from Old French vanter, from late Latin vantare, based on Latin vanus ‘vain, empty’