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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

venditatio

, fr.

venditare

venditatum

, to offer again and again for sale, v. freq. of

vendere

. See

The act of setting forth ostentatiously; a boastful display.

[Obs.]

B. Jonson.

Noun.

[L. venditatio.] A boastful display. [Not in use.]

venditation ‎(usually uncountable, plural venditations)

(obsolete) The act of setting forth ostentatiously; a boastful display.
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