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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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