Ostentate

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ostentate \Os"ten*tate\, v. t. [L. ostentatus, p. p. of
     ostentare, v. intens. fr. ostendere. See {Ostent}.]
     To make an ambitious display of; to show or exhibit
     boastingly. [R.] --Jer. Taylor.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ostentate
       v : display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously; "he
           showed off his new sports car" [syn: {flaunt}, {flash}, {show
           off}, {swank}]