Bible Dictionaries
Ostensible
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(a.) Capable of being shown; proper or intended to be shown.
(2):
(a.) Shown; exhibited; declared; avowed; professed; apparent; - often used as opposed to real or actual; as, an ostensible reason, motive, or aim.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Ostensible'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/o/ostensible.html. 1828.