Category:Ostent

Os"tent, n. Etym: [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.