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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Os-tĕn′si-ble, a.

adjective

a. [Fr. & Sp. ostensible, It. ostensible. See OSTENT.]

  1. Capable of being shown; proper or intended to be shown. [Rare.]
  2. Shown, declared, or avowed; manifest; apparent; as, an ostensible reason or motive. “One of the ostensible grounds on which the proprietors had obtained their charter.” Ramsay.