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Capable of being shown; proper or intended to be shown.

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  1. a. Capable of being shown; proper or intended to be shown.
  2. a. Shown; exhibited; declared; avowed; professed; apparent; -- often used as opposed to real or actual; as, an ostensible reason, motive, or aim.
  3. adj. appearing as such but not necessarily so
  4. adj. represented or appearing as such; pretended
  5. 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.
  6. j:100 s. represented or appearing as such; pretended