Ostentate

Ostentate
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. [1913 Webster]

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