venditate
venditate verb: to exhibit, as though for sale; to show off.
Verb
venditate (third-person singular simple present venditates, present participle venditating, simple past and past participle venditated)
- To exhibit, as though for sale; to show off.
- We brag and venditate our own works, and scorn all others in respect of us […], vol.1, New York Review of Books, 2001, p.293
- Synonyms:
- exhibitionize, ostentate, strut, aura farm, boulevardier, cut a wide swath, cut it fat, cut round, figure away, flamboast
Synonyms of venditate
- exhibitionize
- ostentate
- strut
- aura farm
- boulevardier
- cut a wide swath
- flex
- floss
- fluff one's feathers
- gallery
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Forms of venditate
| third-person singular present | venditates |
|---|---|
| present participle | venditating |
| past participle | venditated |
| past | venditated |
Origin of venditate
From the participle stem of Latin venditare, frequentative of vendere (“to sell”).
Questions about venditate
- What does venditate mean?
- Venditate means to exhibit, as though for sale; to show off.
- What part of speech is venditate?
- Venditate is a verb.
- What is the past tense of venditate?
- The past tense of venditate is venditated.
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