Vain

van, a. Having no real substance, value, importance; destitute of force or efficiency; purpose; elated with a high opinion of one's accomplishments, or with things more showy 4S2 VAtiANT valuable; showy; ostentatious; empty; worthle ; study ineffectual; shadowy; unsatisfying; light; inconhavstant; false; deceitful; trifling.— in vain. To no purpose; without effect; ineffectual.— To take the name Va''- of God in v. To use the name of God with levity [; that or profanene .— n. — Vanity, van'T-tY, n. State or be quality of being vain; want of substance to satisfy j desire"; an inflation of mind upon slight grounds; an > empty pride; that which is vain; anything empty, vav is i on ary, or unsubstantial; fruitle desire or efof no fort; one of the established characters in the old moralities and puppet-shows; egotism; pride; self of vaof a sufficiency; ostentation. — Vanish, v. i. [-isiied inter- (-isht), -iSHiNG.l To pa from a visible to an in-; rest. visible state; to be lost to view, disappear gradually;; the to be annihilated or lost, pa away, disappear. — n. the be- {Elocution.) The final or closing portion of a syllaof ble, or of a vocal element. — Vaunt, vant, v. i. To or boast, talk with vain ostentation, brag. — v. t. To rece ; boast of, make a vain display of.— n. A vain display is vaof what one is, or has, or has done; boast.— Vainglo'devoid ry, -rY, re. Exce ive vanity excited by one's own air has performances; empty pride; undue elation of mind. to — Vainglo'rio us, a. Feeling or indicating vainglory; -ku'- vaunting. vain to exce of one's own achievements; boastful;; a or Valance, val'ans, n. Hanging drapery for a bed, only; couch, window, etc.; esp., that which hangs around a. a bedstead, from the bed to the floor. — v. t. To furnish with a valance. cow- Vale, val, n. A tract of low ground, or of land between taken hills; valley; dingle: dell; dale; a little trough or canal. — Val 'ley, vallT, n. The space inclosed be or of tween ranges of hills or mountains. {Arch.) The gutter or internal angle formed by 2 inclined sides of -sin, a roof. Vac'- Valediction, val-e-dik's hun, v. A farewell, a bidding in vac farewell.— Valediclory, -to-rY, a. Bidding farewell; taking leave; suitable, or designed, for an occasion the of leave-taking. — re. A farewell oration or addre to spoken at commencement in Amer. colleges, usually — Vacby one of the graduating cla . — VaPedictolian, n. One who pronounces a valedictory addre .: in- Valenciennes, va-len'st-enz', n. A rich kind of lace made at Valenciennes, in France.