"ostentate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈɒstənteɪt/ Forms: ostentates [present, singular, third-person], ostentating [participle, present], ostentated [participle, past], ostentated [past]
Etymology: From Latin ostentātus, past participle of ostentō, intensive from ostendō. See ostent. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|ostentātus}} Latin ostentātus, {{m|la|ostentō}} ostentō, {{glossary|intensive}} intensive, {{m|la|ostendō}} ostendō, {{m|en|ostent}} ostent Head templates: {{en-verb}} ostentate (third-person singular simple present ostentates, present participle ostentating, simple past and past participle ostentated)
  1. (transitive, obsolete) To make an ambitious display of; to exhibit or show boastingly. Tags: obsolete, transitive Synonyms: ostent [obsolete]

Inflected forms

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