ostent

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

OS'TENT, noun [Latin ostentum, from ostendo.] 1. Appearance; air; manner; mien. [Little used.] 2. Show; manifestation; token. [Little used.] 3. A prodigy; a portent; any thing ominous. [Little used.]
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