ostensive adjective. [ɒ'stɛnsɪv] M16.
[Late Latin ostensivus, from Latin ostens-: see OSTENSIBLE, -IVE.]
1. Manifestly or directly demonstrative; declarative, denotative; spec. in Logic, (of a proof, method, etc.) direct, proceeding by the processes of conversion, permutation, and transposition, (opp. indirect). M16.
b. Philosophy. Of a definition: indicating by direct demonstration that which is signified by a term. E20.

2. = OSTENSIBLE adjective 2. L18.

■ ostensively adverb L18.

■ ostensiveness noun M20.

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