[ad. L. venditātio, noun of action from venditāre: see prec.]
† 1. The action of putting forward or displaying in a favorable or ostentatious manner. Obs.
1609. Sir E. Hoby, Lett. Mr. T. H., 74. Caluins censure of Purgatorie is held by you as a specious venditation.
1633. Bp. Hall, Occas. Medit. (ed. 3), xxx. 76. The venditation of our owne worth, or parts, or merits, argues a miserable indigence in them all.
a. 1637. B. Jonson, Discoveries, Wks. (Rtldg.), 747/2. Some [wits], by a … false venditation of their own naturals, think to divert the sagacity of their readers from themselves.
2. The action of offering for sale. rare–1.
1854. Fraser’s Mag., L. 163. The orangewomen stride over the benches with clamorous ‘venditation.’
