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English Dictionary: ostentate by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ostentate
v
  1. display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously; "he showed off his new sports car"
    Synonym(s): flaunt, flash, show off, ostentate, swank
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ostentate \Os"ten*tate\, 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. [R.] --Jer. Taylor.
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