(intransitive) To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion.
(intransitive) To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions.
(intransitive) To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures.
(transitive) To adorn with beautiful figures or rhetoric; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish.
(intransitive) To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude.
(intransitive, obsolete) To boast; to vaunt; to brag.
