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Webster 1913 Edition

Ostensive

Os-ten′sive

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Adj.
Showing; exhibiting.
Ostensive demonstration
(Math.)
,
a direct or positive demonstration, as opposed to the apagogical or indirect method.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ostensive

OSTEN'SIVE

,
Adj.
[L. ostendo.] Showing; exhibiting. Ostensive demonstration, is one which plainly and directly demonstrates the truth of a proposition.

Definition 2024

ostensive

ostensive

English

Adjective

ostensive ‎(comparative more ostensive, superlative most ostensive)

  1. Apparently true, but not necessarily; ostensible
  2. Clearly demonstrative.

Derived terms

Related terms

Italian

Adjective

ostensive

  1. feminine plural of ostensivo

Latin

Adjective

ostensive

  1. vocative masculine singular of ostensivus

Etymology

From French ostensif, from Medieval Latin ostensivus

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