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Ostensive
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adjective
Ostensive
adj. Showing; exhibiting.
Ostensive demonstration
(Math.), a direct or positive demonstration, as opposed to the apagogical or indirect method.
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"Ostensive" Quotes from Famous Books
...
should pass," said Mrs Delvile, "you were thinking only of me? I have always observed, that where one scheme answers two purposes, the
ostensive
is never the
...
— Cecilia vol. 3 - Memoirs of an Heiress • Frances (Fanny) Burney (Madame d'Arblay)
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