Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for OS'TENT
OS'TENT, n. [L. ostentum, from ostendo.]
- Appearance; air; manner; mien. [Little used.] Shak.
- Show; manifestation; token. [Little used.] Shak.
- A prodigy; a portent; any thing ominous. [Little used.] Chapman. Dryden.
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