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.