ostentate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously
    swank; flash; flaunt; show off.
    • he showed off his new sports car

WordNet

Os"ten*tate transitive verb
Etymology
L. ostentatus, p. p. of ostentare, v. intens. fr. ostendere. See Ostent.
Definitions
  1. To make an ambitious display of; to show or exhibit boastingly. R. Jer. Taylor.

Webster 1913