verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To exhibit, as though for sale; to show off. obsolete, transitive

   "We brag and venditate our own works, and scorn all others in respect of us […]"

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aura farmboulevardiercut a wide swathcut it fatcut roundexhibitionize

Example

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"We brag and venditate our own works, and scorn all others in respect of us […]"

Etymology

From the participle stem of Latin venditare, frequentative of vendere (“to sell”).

Related phrases

show off

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