ostentare

ostentare [CL] 1 to display, exhibit. b operam ~are w. dat.) to display zeal for or commitment to. mulier defunctae funera prolis / ‥ fessis ostentat in ulnis Frith. 496. b caput periculis objectans eo studiosius quo fratri operam ~are affectabat impensius W. Malm. GR I 47. 2 to reveal, expose. b (refl.) to appear. c (w. pred.) to show oneself to be. ille retecto capite novam ~at calvitiem Gosc. Transl. Mild. 21 p. 185; ablata galea caput suum ‥ ~ans W. Malm. GR II 180. b de caelo corruens ‥ se velut angelum lucis adhuc stultis ~are praesumit Bede Prov. 1035; ejus se oculis in bello ~ans W. Malm. GR IV 305. c Claudius ‥ cupiens utilem reipublicae ~are principem Bede HE I 3 p. 15. 3 to display ostentatiously, show off; b (refl.). quos cepit ‥ precipue preciosa eorum facinora laudare, nominatim singulos ~are V. Neot. A 15; ~ans regalem magnificentiam W. Malm. GR II 148; pavo cum laudatur pennas suas ~at in latum, sed totam turpitudinem posteriorem ostendit T. Chobham Serm. 17. 64ra; sermonum curiositas ‥ loquentem ~at Ric. Armagh Serm. 31. b cupiens se provintialibus ~are, in regnum sc. spe prurienti anhelans W. Malm. GR II 228; sic se ~at eloquentia Ib. III 285. 4 to reveal, disclose, make known. internos forsitan animi sui motus verborum compositione nobis ~ans Gir. EH I 15. 5 to show forth, manifest (feeling, quality, or sim.). vana pulchritudo caritatis ‥ quam hominibus ~at anima quae timore caret domino Bede Prov. 1040; bonum esse liberalitatem ~are regiam W. Malm. GR II 127. 6 to represent, symbolize. sardius est puniceus, / cujus color sanguineus / decus ostentat martirum / rite agonizantium Frith. Cives 7. 3.

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