boasting (verb)

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• boast — I. noun Etymology: Middle English boost Date: 14th century 1. the act or an instance of boasting ; brag 2. a cause for pride • boastful adjective • boastfully adverb • boastfulness …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• biblical literature — Introduction       four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha.       The Old… …   Universalium

• boast — I. /boʊst / (say bohst) verb (i) 1. to speak exaggeratedly and objectionably, especially about oneself: to boast about one s skills. –verb (t) 2. to speak of with excessive pride, vanity, or exultation. 3. to be proud in the possession of: *He… …  

• brag — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. See boasting. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. boast, swagger, exult, gloat; see boast 1 . See Synonym Study at boast . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. boast, gloat, *blow one s own horn, crow, vaunt,… …   English dictionary for students

• MARI — MARI, one of the principal centers of Mesopotamia during the third and early second millennia B.C.E. The archaeological and epigraphical discoveries there are of prime significance for the history of Mesopotamia and Upper Syria. The Akkadian… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

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• blow — I. /bloʊ / (say bloh) noun 1. a sudden stroke with hand, fist, or weapon. 2. a sudden shock, or a calamity or reverse. 3. a sudden attack or drastic action. 4. a stroke of the shears made in shearing a sheep. 5. an outcrop of discoloured quartz… …  

• POETRY — This article is arranged according to the following outline (for modern poetry, see hebrew literature , Modern; see also prosody ): biblical poetry introduction the search for identifiable indicators of biblical poetry the presence of poetry in… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Symbel — A drinking scene on an image stone from Gotland, in the Swedish Museum of National Antiquities in Stockholm. See Symbel (band) for the British band. Symbel (OE) and sumbl (ON) are Germanic terms for feast, banquet . Paul C. Bauschatz in 1976… …   Wikipedia

• Gab (song) — A gab or gap is an Occitan boasting song of the High Middle Ages (1100 ndash;1350), when the troubadours were popular. It is often considered related to the tenso and partimen , two types of debate poem. Sometimes the gab is not considered a… …   Wikipedia

• bluster — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. bravado; braggadocio, boasting; bullying, hectoring; front. v. i. swagger; play the bully, hector, vapor; roar (See loudness). See insolence, threat. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. rant, rave, brag, boast,… …   English dictionary for students