To boast; to talk with excessive pride about what one has, is able to do, or has done; often as an attempt to popularize oneself.
To boast of something.
A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretence or self-glorification.
The thing which is boasted of.
The card game three card brag.
Excellent; first-rate.
To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone); to attempt to popularize or sell by means of advertising or publicity.
To increase the activity of (a catalyst) by changing its surface structure.
To elevate to a higher league.
To raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank.
To move on to a subsequent stage of education.
To encourage, urge or incite.
To exchange (a pawn) for a queen or other piece when it reaches the eighth rank.