Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to vaunt
Participle: vaunted
Gerund: vaunting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | vaunt |
| you | vaunt |
| he;she;it | vaunts |
| we | vaunt |
| you | vaunt |
| they | vaunt |
Perfect
| I | have vaunted |
| you | have vaunted |
| he;she;it | has vaunted |
| we | have vaunted |
| you | have vaunted |
| they | have vaunted |
Past
| I | vaunted |
| you | vaunted |
| he;she;it | vaunted |
| we | vaunted |
| you | vaunted |
| they | vaunted |
Pluperfect
| I | had vaunted |
| you | had vaunted |
| he;she;it | had vaunted |
| we | had vaunted |
| you | had vaunted |
| they | had vaunted |
Future
| I | will vaunt |
| you | will vaunt |
| he;she;it | will vaunt |
| we | will vaunt |
| you | will vaunt |
| they | will vaunt |
Future Perfect
| I | will have vaunted |
| you | will have vaunted |
| he;she;it | will have vaunted |
| we | will have vaunted |
| you | will have vaunted |
| they | will have vaunted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | vaunt |
| you | vaunt |
| he;she;it | vaunt |
| we | vaunt |
| you | vaunt |
| they | vaunt |
Perfect
| I | have vaunted |
| you | have vaunted |
| he;she;it | have vaunted |
| we | have vaunted |
| you | have vaunted |
| they | have vaunted |
Imperfect
| I | vaunted |
| you | vaunted |
| he;she;it | vaunted |
| we | vaunted |
| you | vaunted |
| they | vaunted |
Pluperfect
| I | had vaunted |
| you | had vaunted |
| he;she;it | had vaunted |
| we | had vaunted |
| you | had vaunted |
| they | had vaunted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would vaunt |
| you | would vaunt |
| he;she;it | would vaunt |
| we | would vaunt |
| you | would vaunt |
| they | would vaunt |
Perfect
| I | would have vaunted |
| you | would have vaunted |
| he;she;it | would have vaunted |
| we | would have vaunted |
| you | would have vaunted |
| they | would have vaunted |
Imperative
| you | vaunt |
| we | Let's vaunt |
| you | vaunt |
Verbs conjugated like 'vaunt'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'vaunt'
avaunt,
daunt,
haunt,
jaunt,
taunt,
vant,
vault,
vaut,
adaunt,
ant,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1340 (implied in
vaunting), from M.Fr.
vanter "to praise, speak highly of," from L.L.
vanitare "to boast," frequentative of L.
vanare "to utter empty words," from
vanus "idle, empty" (see vain).
2. From Middle English vaunten, from Anglo-Norman vaunter, variant of Old French vanter, from Latin vānus (“vain, boastful”). See: Old French '
vanter'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] At the junction of the two rivers, on ground so flat and low and marshy, that at certain seasons of the year it is inundated to the house-tops, lies a breeding-place of fever, ague, and death; vaunted in England as a mine of Golden Hope, and speculated in, on the faith of monstrous representations, to many people 's ruin. A dismal swamp, on which the half-built houses rot away: cleared here and [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)