Look up: Ostensible


  1. ostensible
    seeming appearing as such professed 
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  2. ostensible
    [adj] - represented or appearing as such
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=ostensible

  3. Ostensible
    Os·ten'si·ble adjective [ From Latin ostensus , past participle of ostendere to show, prop., to stretch out before; from prefix obs- (old form of ob- ) + tendere to stretch. See Tend .] 1. Capable of...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/O/38

  4. ostensible
    1. Capable of being shown; proper or intended to be shown. ... 2. Shown; exhibited; declared; avowed; professed; apparent; often used as opposed to real or actual; as, an ostensible reason, motive, or aim. ... Origin: From L. Ostensus, p. P. Of ostendere to show, prop, to stretch out before; fr. Pre...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?ostensible

  5. ostensible
    ostensive adjective represented or appearing as such; pretended; `His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ostensible

  6. Ostensible
    • (a.) Capable of being shown; proper or intended to be shown. • (a.) Shown; exhibited; declared; avowed; professed; apparent; -- often used as opposed to real or actual; as, an ostensible reason, motive, or aim.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/ostensible/

  7. ostensible
    ostensible, ostensibly Apparent; seeming; professed [to stretch out before].
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/2808/5

  8. ostensible
    1) Apparent 2) Seeming 3) Seeming appearing as such professed
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/ostensible/1

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