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Ostensible logo #10101) Alleged 2) Apparent 3) Counterfeit 4) Ostensive 5) Overt 6) Reputed 7) Seeming 8) Stated 9) Superficial 10) Supposed
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Ostensible

Ostensible logo #10101) Apparent 2) French word used in English 3) Outwardly appearing as such 4) Pretended 5) Professed 6) Seeming 7) Superficial
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Ostensible

Ostensible logo #21002• (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.
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ostensible logo #209731. 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. Prefix obs- (old form of ob-) + tendere to stretch. S...
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Ostensible

Ostensible logo #20972Os·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 being shown; proper or intended to be shown. [ R....
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ostensible logo #20001 seeming appearing as such professed 
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ostensible logo #20400[adj] - represented or appearing as such
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ostensible logo #21009ostensible, ostensibly Apparent; seeming; professed [to stretch out before].
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ostensible logo #20974ostensive adjective represented or appearing as such; pretended; `His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity`
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ostensible logo #21199outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended: an ostensible cheerfulness concealing sadness. · apparent, evident, or conspicuous: the ostensible truth of their theories.
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ostensible logo #23665[SAT terms] appearing as such but not necessarily so
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ostensible logo #23665 appearing as such but not necessarily so
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ostensible logo #23665[Intelligent words] appearing as such but not necessarily so
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