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ostensible (encz) | ostensible,předstíraný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
ostensible (encz) | ostensible,zdánlivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Ostensible (gcide) | Ostensible \Os*ten"si*ble\ ([o^]s*t[e^]n"s[i^]*b'l), 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.]
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1. Capable of being shown; proper or intended to be shown.
[R.] --Walpole.
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2. Outwardly appearing to be; shown to be; exhibited;
apparent; evident.
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3. Declared; avowed; professed; pretended; -- often used as
opposed to real or actual; as, an ostensible reason,
motive, or aim. --D. Ramsay.
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ostensible (wn) | ostensible
adj 1: 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" [syn: apparent(a), ostensible, seeming(a)]
2: represented or appearing as such; pretended; "His ostensible
purpose was charity, his real goal popularity" [syn:
ostensible, ostensive] |
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Ostensible (gcide) | Ostensible \Os*ten"si*ble\ ([o^]s*t[e^]n"s[i^]*b'l), 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.]
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1. Capable of being shown; proper or intended to be shown.
[R.] --Walpole.
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2. Outwardly appearing to be; shown to be; exhibited;
apparent; evident.
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3. Declared; avowed; professed; pretended; -- often used as
opposed to real or actual; as, an ostensible reason,
motive, or aim. --D. Ramsay.
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OSTENSIBLE PARTNER (bouvier) | OSTENSIBLE PARTNER. One whose name appears in a firm, as a partner, and who
is really such.
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