OSTENSIBLE

a.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Capable of being shown; proper or intended to be shown. [R.] Walpole.

2.
a.

Shown; exhibited; declared; avowed; professed; apparent; -- often used as opposed to real or actual; as, an ostensible reason, motive, or aim. D. Ramsay.

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