transitive verb to publicize flatteringly and boastfully.The company is touting its new product as a miracle drug.The film’s producer touted his new starlet unabashedly. intransitive verb to seek customers, votes, or the…

adjective easy to understand; articulate; clear.She gave a lucid presentation and we learned a good deal from it. See the full entry

noun a sudden, apparently abnormal change or alteration in a genetically determined structure, as opposed to gradual evolutionary change.The disease is the result of a mutation in a particular gene.A mutation has…

noun a conceited person; braggart.That egotist bragged about himself all evening. See the full entry

adverb until this time; previously.The child hitherto residing with his grandparents will be placed in the custody of his father. See the full entry