BRAG
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Brag (&unr_;), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bragged (&unr_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Bragging.] [OE. braggen to resound, blow, boast (cf. F. braguer to lead a merry life, flaunt, boast, OF. brague merriment), from Icel. braka to creak, brak noise, fr. the same root as E. break; properly then, to make a noise, boast. &unr_;95.] To talk about one's self, or things pertaining to one's self, in a manner intended to excite admiration, envy, or wonder; to talk boastfully; to boast; -- often followed by of; as, to brag of one's exploits, courage, or money, or of the great things one intends to do.
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Conceit, more rich in matter than in words,
Brags of his substance, not of ornament.
Shak.
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Syn. -- To swagger; boast; vapor; bluster; vaunt; flourish; talk big.
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Brag, v. t. To boast of. [Obs.] Shak.
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Brag, n. 1. A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretense or self glorification.
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Cæsar . . . made not here his brag
Of “came,” and “saw,” and “overcame.”
Shak.
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2. The thing which is boasted of.
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Beauty is Nature's brag.
Milton.
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3. A game at cards similar to bluff. Chesterfield.
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Brag (&unr_;), a. [See Brag, v. i.] Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited. [Archaic]
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A brag young fellow.
B. Jonson.
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Brag, adv. Proudly; boastfully. [Obs.] Fuller.
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