Os"tent (?), n. [L. ostentus, ostentum, fr. ostendere (p. p. ostensus and ostentus) to show. See Ostensible.]
1.
Appearance; air; mien.
Shak.
2.
Manifestation; token; portent.
Dryden.
We asked of God that some ostent might clear
Our cloudy business, who gave us sign.
Chapman.
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