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| os·ten·si·ble [ o sténssəb'l ] |
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seeming to be true or genuine, but open to doubt: presented as being true, or appearing to be true, but usually hiding a different motive or meaning
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| [Mid-18th century. Via French< medieval Latin ostensibilis< Latin ostensus, past participle of ostendere "show" < tendere "stretch, spread"] |
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