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Webster 1913 Edition


Ostentate

Os′ten-tate

,
Verb.
T.
[L.
ostentatus
, p. p. of
ostentare
, v. intens. fr.
ostendere
. See
Ostent
.]
To make an ambitious display of; to show or exhibit boastingly.
[R.]
Jer. Taylor.

Webster 1828 Edition


Ostentate

OS'TENTATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. ostento.] To make an ambitious display of; to show or exhibit boastingly. [Not used.]