To point out; to show clearly; to make plain or manifest; hence, to prove; to demonstrate.
Specifically, to lodge an official objection (especially by means of a remonstrance) with a monarch or other ruling body.
To state or plead as an objection, formal protest, or expression of disapproval.
To object with in critical fashion; to express disapproval (with, against).
To boast of; to make a vain display of; to display with ostentation.
To speak boastfully about.
To speak boastfully.
A boast; an instance of vaunting.