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os·ten·sive
(ŏ-stĕn′sĭv)adj.
Seeming or professed; ostensible.
[Late Latin ostēnsīvus, from Latin ostēnsus, past participle of ostendere, to show; see ostensible.]
os·ten′sive·ly adv.
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ostensive
(ɒˈstɛnsɪv)adj
1. (Logic) obviously or manifestly demonstrative
2. a less common word for ostensible
3. (Philosophy) philosophy (of a definition) given by demonstrative means, esp by pointing
[C17: from Late Latin ostentīvus, from Latin ostendere to show; see ostensible]
osˈtensively adv
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os•ten•sive
(ɒˈstɛn sɪv)adj.
1. clearly or manifestly demonstrative.
2. ostensible.
[1595–1605]
os•ten′sive•ly, adv.
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Adj. 1. ostensive - manifestly demonstrative
instructive, informative - serving to instruct or enlighten or inform
2. ostensive - represented or appearing as such; pretended; "His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity"
counterfeit, imitative - not genuine; imitating something superior; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince"
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ostensive
adjectiveAppearing as such but not necessarily so:
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ostensive
a. ostensivo-a, evidente, aparente.
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