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Definition of Ostensive

1. Adjective. Manifestly demonstrative.

2. Adjective. Represented or appearing as such; pretended. "His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity"

Definition of Ostensive

1. a. Showing; exhibiting.

Definition of Ostensive

1. Adjective. Apparently true, but not necessarily; ostensible ¹

2. Adjective. Clearly demonstrative. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ostensive

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Ostensive

1. Showing; exhibiting. Ostensive demonstration, a direct or positive demonstration, as opposed to the apagogical or indirect method. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ostensive

osteitis fibrosa disseminata osteler ostembryon ostemia ostempyesis ostend ostended ostending ostends ostensibility

ostensible ostensibly ostension ostensions ostensive (current term) ostensive definition ostensive definitions ostensively ostensoria ostensories

ostensorium ostensory ostent ostentate ostentation ostentations ostentatious ostentatiously ostentatiousness

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