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To make an ambitious display of; to show or exhibit boastingly.

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  1. v. t. To make an ambitious display of; to show or exhibit boastingly.
  2. v. display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously
  3. To make an ambitious display of; to show or exhibit boastingly. [R.] Jer. Taylor.
  4. To make an ambitious display of; to show or exhibit boastingly.[R.] Jer. Taylor.
  5. v display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously