Ostensive Definition

ŏ-stĕnsĭv
adjective
Seeming or professed; ostensible.
American Heritage
Directly pointing out; clearly demonstrative.
Webster's New World
Webster's New World

Apparently true, but not necessarily; ostensible.

Wiktionary

Origin of Ostensive

  • Late Latin ostēnsīvus from Latin ostēnsus past participle of ostendere to show ostensible

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French ostensif, from Medieval Latin ostensivus

    From Wiktionary

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