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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. manifestly demonstrative;

2. represented or appearing as such; pretended;
- Example: "His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity"
[syn: ostensible, ostensive]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ostensive \Os*ten"sive\, a.
   Showing; exhibiting.
   [1913 Webster]

   Ostensive demonstration (Math.), a direct or positive
      demonstration, as opposed to the apagogical or indirect
      method.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ostensive
    adj 1: manifestly demonstrative
    2: represented or appearing as such; pretended; "His ostensible
       purpose was charity, his real goal popularity" [syn:
       ostensible, ostensive]