ostensive
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sɪv Origin:
1595–1605; < Medieval Latin ostēnsīvus, equivalent to Latin ostēns(us), variant of ostentus past participle of ostendere to present, display (o(b)s-, variant of ob- ob- + tend(ere) to stretch + -tus past participle suffix) + -īvus -ive
1595–1605; < Medieval Latin ostēnsīvus, equivalent to Latin ostēns(us), variant of ostentus past participle of ostendere to present, display (o(b)s-, variant of ob- ob- + tend(ere) to stretch + -tus past participle suffix) + -īvus -ive
Related forms
os·ten·sive·ly, adverb
non·os·ten·sive, adjective
non·os·ten·sive·ly, adverb
un·os·ten·sive, adjective
un·os·ten·sive·ly, adverb
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So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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ostensive (ɒˈstɛnsɪv) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | obviously or manifestly demonstrative |
| 2. | a less common word for ostensible |
| 3. | philosophy (of a definition) given by demonstrative means, esp by pointing |
| [C17: from Late Latin ostentīvus, from Latin ostendere to show; see | |
| os'tensively | |
| —adv | |
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It is because of the ostensive predictability of it.
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