Boast

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Boasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Boasting

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 self; as, to boast of one's exploits courage, descent, wealth.
By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: . . not of works, lest any man should boast.
— Eph. ii. 8, 9.
To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to exult.
In God we boast all the day long.
— Ps. xliv. 8

v. t.

To display in ostentatious language; to speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol.
Lest bad men should boast Their specious deeds.
— Milton.
To display vaingloriously.
To possess or have; as, to boast a name.
Boast not thyself of to-morrow.
— Prov. xxvii. 1

To boast one's self: to speak with unbecoming confidence in, and approval of, one's self; -- followed by of and the thing to which the boasting relates.

v. t.

To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel. (Masonry)
To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required. (Sculp.)

Act of boasting; vaunting or bragging.
Reason and morals? and where live they most, In Christian comfort, or in Stoic boast!
— Byron.
The cause of boasting; occasion of pride or exultation, -- sometimes of laudable pride or exultation.
The boast of historians.
— Macaulay.