OSTENT

ostent. Ostent, n. a show, appearance, token, prodigy, ob.

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