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.