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