ostensible : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: ostensible	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for ostensible
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ostensible 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" Synonym(s): apparent(a), ostensible, seeming(a) represented or appearing as such; pretended; "His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity" Synonym(s): ostensible, ostensive
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ostensible \Osten"sible\, 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.