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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

The act of glorying or vaunting; vainglorious speaking; ostentatious display.

When

boasting

ends, then dignity begins.

Young.

ppr.

Talking ostentatiously; glorying; vaunting.

Noun.

Ostentatious display of personal worth, or actions; a glorying or vaunting.

Where is boasting then? Rom.3.

boasting

boasting ‎(plural boastings)

The making of boasts.
- 1849, Elizabeth Wilson, A Scriptural View of Woman's Rights and Duties (page 367)
  Solomon says, "Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall." Some, as soon as their vain boastings were uttered, were made monuments of divine justice.