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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb ostentate has 1 sense
- ostentate(v = verb.perception) flash, flaunt, show off, swank - display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously; "he showed off his new sports car" is one way to display, exhibit, expose
Derived forms noun ostentation3, noun ostentation1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
CIDE DICTIONARY
ostentate, 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. Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
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