Usually means: Display meant to impress others.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. ostent: Merriam-Webster
  2. ostent: Collins English Dictionary
  3. ostent: Wordnik
  4. ostent: Wiktionary
  5. Ostent, ostent: Dictionary.com
  6. Ostent: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. ostent: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Ostent: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. ostent: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. ostent: FreeDictionary.org
  11. ostent: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  12. Ostent: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. ostent: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ostent)

verb:  (ambitransitive, obsolete) To make an ambitious display of; to exhibit or show boastingly; to ostentate.
noun:  (archaic, rare) A display, an exhibition; an appearance, a manifestation.
noun:  A boastful, ostentatious display or exhibition.
noun:  (archaic, rare) A portent, a token.
noun:  (obsolete or historical) One sixtieth of an hour: a minute (60 seconds).

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