ostensive

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

ostensive
    adj 1: manifestly demonstrative
    2: represented or appearing as such; pretended; "His ostensible
       purpose was charity, his real goal popularity" [syn:
       {ostensible}, {ostensive}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Ostensive \Os*ten"sive\, a.
   Showing; exhibiting.
   [1913 Webster]

   {Ostensive demonstration} (Math.), a direct or positive
      demonstration, as opposed to the apagogical or indirect
      method.
      [1913 Webster]

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