Category:Ostensible

Os*ten"si*ble, a. Etym: [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.