1. boast about or praise (something), especially excessively:"he was initially vaunted by the West for his leadership of the country"
noun
1. a boast.archaic
Word Originlate 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’.