Sekirov Dictionary

ostent

UK /ɒˈstɛnt/US /ɑˈstɛnt/

noun 3
/ˈɑstɛnt/ noun 1
/ˈɑstɛnt/ verb 1
forms 4

noun3

A boastful, ostentatious display or exhibition.
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(no longer used, rare) A display, an exhibition; an appearance, a manifestation.
- Vse all the obseruance of ciuility, / Like one well studied in a sad ostent / To please his Grandam, neuer trust me more. — 1596
(no longer used, historical) One sixtieth of an hour: a minute (60 seconds).

ostent

UK /ˈɒstɛnt/US /ˈɑstɛnt/

noun1

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(no longer used, rare) A portent, a token.
- We ask'd of God that some ostent might clear / Our cloudy business, who gave us sign. — 1614

verb1

(no longer used) To make an ambitious display of; to exhibit or show boastingly; to ostentate.

forms

ostented · ostenting · ostents · ostenta

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