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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Ostentate \Os"ten*tate\, v. 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.
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Ostentate \Os"ten*tate\, v. 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
ostentate
v : display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously; "he
showed off his new sports car" [syn: flaunt, flash, show
off, swank]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
ostentate
Latin part.p.
(inflection of la ostentātus voc m s)
Spanish vb.
(es-verb form of: ostentar)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
ostentate
vb.
(lb en transitive obsolete) To make an ambitious display#Noun of; to
exhibit#Verb or show#Verb boastingly.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
ostentate
Latin part.p.
(inflection of la ostentātus voc m s)
Spanish vb.
(es-verb form of: ostentar)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
ostentate
Latin part.p.
(inflection of la ostentātus voc m s)
Spanish vb.
(es-verb form of: ostentar)
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