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ostensive
CIDE DICTIONARY
ostensive, a.
Showing; exhibiting. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
ostensive, adj.
1 directly demonstrative.
2 (of a definition) indicating by direct demonstration that which is signified by a term.
1 directly demonstrative.
2 (of a definition) indicating by direct demonstration that which is signified by a term.
Derivative
ostensively adv. ostensiveness n.
Etymology
LL ostensivus (as OSTENSIBLE)
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