Definitions for: Ostensible

[adj] represented or appearing as such; pretended; "His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity"
[adj] appearing as such but not necessarily so; "for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent"; "the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies"; "the ostensible truth of their theories"; "his seeming honesty"

Webster (1913) Definition: Os*ten"si*ble, a. [From L. ostensus, p. p. of
ostendere to show, prop., to stretch out before; fr. prefix
obs- (old form of ob-) + tendere to stretch. See Tend.]
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.

Synonyms: apparent(a), counterfeit, imitative, ostensive, seeming(a), superficial

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