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Ostentate
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.
Ostentation
Ostentation Os`ten*ta"tion, n. [L. ostentatio: cf. F. ostentation.] 1. The act of ostentating or of making an ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade; -- usually in a detractive sense. ``Much ostentation vain of fleshly arm.' --Milton. He knew that good and bountiful minds were sometimes inclined to ostentation. --Atterbury. 2. A show or spectacle. [Obs.] --Shak. Syn: Parade; pageantry; show; pomp; pompousness; vaunting; boasting. See Parade.
Ostentatious
Ostentatious Os`ten*ta"tious, a. Fond of, or evincing, ostentation; unduly conspicuous; pretentious; boastful. Far from being ostentatious of the good you do. --Dryden. The ostentatious professions of many years. --Macaulay. -- Os`ten*ta"tious*ly, adv. -- Os`ten*ta"tious*ness, n.
Ostentatiously
Ostentatious Os`ten*ta"tious, a. Fond of, or evincing, ostentation; unduly conspicuous; pretentious; boastful. Far from being ostentatious of the good you do. --Dryden. The ostentatious professions of many years. --Macaulay. -- Os`ten*ta"tious*ly, adv. -- Os`ten*ta"tious*ness, n.
Ostentatiousness
Ostentatious Os`ten*ta"tious, a. Fond of, or evincing, ostentation; unduly conspicuous; pretentious; boastful. Far from being ostentatious of the good you do. --Dryden. The ostentatious professions of many years. --Macaulay. -- Os`ten*ta"tious*ly, adv. -- Os`ten*ta"tious*ness, n.
Ostentator
Ostentator Os"ten*ta`tor, n. [L.] One fond of display; a boaster. --Sherwood.

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-  242–243. Taylor, Barry (2020). "White-winged Cuckooshrike (Analisoma ostenta), version 1.0". Birds of the World. doi:10.2173/bow.whwcus1.01. ISSN 2771-3105...
- Virbia ostenta, the showy holomelina, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Henry Edwards in 1881. It is found in the mountain ranges...
- Drepatelodes ostenta is a moth in the Apatelodidae family. It was described by Schaus in 1905. Kitching, Ian; Rougerie, Rodolphe; Zwick, Andreas; Hamilton...
- April 2020. Canales, Jostein. "Conmebol rememoró el histórico récord que ostenta Sporting Cristal en la Libertadores". www.msn.com/. La Republica. Retrieved...
- distinction between minucia and minuta, as well as the introduction of the ostenta, the precursor to the modern minute. Middle English dictionary. University...
- throwing stones on the floor, practised at Taoist temples portenta (also ostenta): study of natural phenomena psephomancy: by lots or ballots (Gr**** psephos...
- (Arizona, California, New Mexico) and Mexico (Baja California Sur, Sonora) P. ostenta (Melander, 1961) — United States (Arizona, California, Colorado, Texas...
- Doto ostenta is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae. This species was described from south-eastern Australia...
- uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 31 January 2023. "Anitta ostenta carro de R$ 250 mil após encerrar ciclo de dois anos em montadora". GZH...
- cir****stances at hand. Coniectura is thus the kind of interpretation used for ostenta and portenta as constituting one branch of the "Etruscan discipline"; contrast...