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To speak or write about (something) in a strongly positive way; praise or boast about.

To speak boastfully; brag. synonym: boast.

A boastful remark.

Speech of extravagant self-praise.

To make a vain display of one’s own worth, attainments, or powers; talk with vain ostentation: boast; brag.

To glory; exult; triumph.

To magnify or glorify with vanity; boast of; brag of.

To display or put forward boastfully; exhibit vaingloriously.

The first part; the beginning.

A vain display of what one is, or has, or has done; ostentation from vanity; a boast; a brag.