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(transitive, rare) To make an ambitious display of; to exhibit or show boastingly. [from c. 1540]

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Meaning

  • [Verb]
  • (transitive, rare) To make an ambitious display of; to exhibit or show boastingly. [from c. 1540]
  • (intransitive, obsolete, rare) To boast, show off. [1670-1822]

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