OSTENTED

Verb

ostented

simple past tense and past participle of ostent

Source: Wiktionary


OSTENT

Os"tent, n. Etym: [L. ostentus, ostentum, fr. ostendere (p. p. ostensus and ostentus) to show. See Ostensible.]

1. Appearance; air; mien. Shak.

2. Manifestation; token; portent. Dryden. We asked of God that some ostent might clear Our cloudy business, who gave us sign. Chapman.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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