Definition for OS'TENT

OS'TENT, n. [L. ostentum, from ostendo.]

  1. Appearance; air; manner; mien. [Little used.] Shak.
  2. Show; manifestation; token. [Little used.] Shak.
  3. A prodigy; a portent; any thing ominous. [Little used.] Chapman. Dryden.

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