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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.]

Definition 2024


ostentate

ostentate

English

Verb

ostentate (third-person singular simple present ostentates, present participle ostentating, simple past and past participle ostentated)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To make an ambitious display of; to show or exhibit boastingly.
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Italian

Verb

ostentate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of ostentare
  2. second-person plural imperative of ostentare
  3. feminine plural of ostentato

Latin

Participle

ostentāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of ostentātus