ostentate

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin ostentātus, perfect passive participle of ostentō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), intensive from ostendō. Doublet of ostent. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɒstənteɪt/ === Verb === ostentate (third-person singular simple present ostentates, present participle ostentating, simple past and past participle ostentated) (transitive, rare) To make an ambitious display of; to exhibit or show boastingly. [from c. 1540] Synonym: (obsolete) ostent (intransitive, obsolete, rare) To boast, show off. [1670-1822] Synonyms: exhibitionize, (obsolete) ostent, swagger; see also Thesaurus:show off === References === “ostentate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== ostentate inflection of ostentare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== ostentate f pl feminine plural of ostentato == Latin == === Participle === ostentāte vocative masculine singular of ostentātus == Spanish == === Verb === ostentate second-person singular voseo imperative of ostentar combined with te