ostentate
os·ten·tate
verb
1.
display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously
- “he showed off his new sports car”
Origin
Borrowed from Latin ostentātus, perfect passive participle of ostentō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), intensive from ostendō. Doublet of ostent.
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