Associations to the word «Ostensive»
Noun
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Wiktionary
OSTENSIVE, adjective. Apparently true, but not necessarily; ostensible
OSTENSIVE, adjective. Clearly demonstrative.
OSTENSIVE DEFINITION, noun. (semantics) A process of binding the meaning to the defined term by pointing out examples and counterexamples.
OSTENSIVE DEFINITIONS, noun. Plural of ostensive definition
Dictionary definition
OSTENSIVE, adjective. Manifestly demonstrative.
OSTENSIVE, adjective. Represented or appearing as such; pretended; "His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity".
Wise words
Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing
in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in
the hands of one who knows how to combine them.