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ostensive

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os⋅ten⋅sive

  [o-sten-siv]
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–adjective
1. clearly or manifestly demonstrative.
2. ostensible.
Origin:
1595–1605; < ML ostēnsīvus, equiv. to L ostēns(us), var. of ostentus ptp. of ostendere to present, display (o(b)s-, var. of ob- ob- + tend(ere) to stretch + -tus ptp. suffix) + -īvus -ive

Related forms:
os⋅ten⋅sive⋅ly, adverb
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os·ten·sive   (ŏ-stěn'sĭv)   
adj.  Seeming or professed; ostensible.

[Late Latin ostēnsīvus, from Latin ostēnsus, past participle of ostendere, to show; see ostensible.]
os·ten'sive·ly adv.
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