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ostent |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ostent \Os"tent\, n. [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.
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