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Ostensible

Ostensible Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Ostensible? [adj] represented or appearing as such; pretended; "His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity" [adj] appearing as such but not necessarily so; "for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent"; "the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies"; "the ostensible truth of their theories"; "his seeming honesty" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Ostensible: apparent(a) \| counterfeit \| imitative \| ostensive \| seeming(a) \| superficial Related Terms \| Find terms related to Ostensible: airy \| alleged \| apparent \| apparitional \| appearing \| arrant \| autistic \| avowed \| Barmecidal \| Barmecide \| blatant \| bold \| chimeric \| claimed \| colorable \| colored \| conspicuous \| deceptive \| delusional \| delusionary \| delusive \| delusory \| dereistic \| dreamlike \| dreamy \| erroneous \| fallacious \| false \| fantastic \| flagrant \| gilded \| glaring \| hanging out \| hypocritical \| illusional \| illusionary \| illusive \| illusory \| imaginary \| in name only \| in relief \| in the foreground \| meretricious \| misleading \| notable \| noticeable \| notorious \| obtrusive \| outstanding \| outward \| phantasmagoric \| phantasmal \| phantom \| plausible \| pretended \| pretexted \| professed \| prominent \| pronounced \| purported \| salient \| seeming \| self-deceptive \| self-deluding \| so-called \| specious \| spectral \| staring \| stark-staring \| sticking out \| striking \| superficial \| supposed \| supposititious \| surface \| tinsel \| to the eye \| unactual \| unfounded \| unreal \| unsubstantial \| visible \| visionary See Also \| Ostensible In Webster's Dictionary \Osten"sible\, a. [From L. ostensus, p. p. of ostendere to show, prop., to stretch out before; fr. prefix obs- (old form of ob-) + tendere to stretch. See {Tend}.] 1. Capable of being shown; proper or intended to be shown. [R.] --Walpole. 2. Shown; exhibited; declared; avowed; professed; apparent; -- often used as opposed to {real} or {actual}; as, an ostensible reason, motive, or aim. --D. Ramsay.

Ostensible Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ostensible?

[adj] represented or appearing as such; pretended; "His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity"
[adj] appearing as such but not necessarily so; "for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent"; "the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies"; "the ostensible truth of their theories"; "his seeming honesty"

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Ostensible In Webster's Dictionary

\Os*ten"si*ble\, a. [From L. ostensus, p. p. of
ostendere to show, prop., to stretch out before; fr. prefix
obs- (old form of ob-) + tendere to stretch. See {Tend}.]
1. Capable of being shown; proper or intended to be shown.
   [R.] --Walpole.

2. Shown; exhibited; declared; avowed; professed; apparent;
   -- often used as opposed to {real} or {actual}; as, an
   ostensible reason, motive, or aim. --D. Ramsay.

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