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n. Discontent. [ Obs. ] Ascham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See In- not, and Content. ] Discontent. [ Obs. ] Goodwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Intention. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ostentatio: cf. F. ostentation. ] 1. The act of ostentating or of making an ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade; -- usually in a detractive sense. “Much ostentation vain of fleshly arm.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

He knew that good and bountiful minds were sometimes inclined to ostentation. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A show or spectacle. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Parade; pageantry; show; pomp; pompousness; vaunting; boasting. See Parade. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. sustentatio sustenance, maintenance, fr. sustentare to support, maintain, v. intens. fr. sustinere to sustain: cf. F. sustentation. See Sustain. ] 1. The act of sustaining, or the state of being sustained; preservation from falling; support; sustenance; maintenance. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Physiol.) The aggregate of the functions by which a living organism is maintained in a normal condition of weight and growth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sustentation fund (Eccl.), a fund of a religious body for support of its ministers, chapels, etc.; as, the sustentation fund of the Free Church of Scotland. [ 1913 Webster ]