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Ostensive

Ostensive Meaning & Definition
Ostensive Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ostensive?

[adj] represented or appearing as such; pretended; "His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity"
[adj] manifestly demonstrative

Synonyms | Synonyms for Ostensive: counterfeit | imitative | informative | instructive | ostensible

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Ostensive In Webster's Dictionary

\Os*ten"sive\, a. Showing; exhibiting. {Ostensive demonstration} (Math.), a direct or positive demonstration, as opposed to the apagogical or indirect method.

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