Ostend-manifesto
noun
1.
a declaration (1854) issued from Ostend, Belgium, by the U.S. ministers to England, France, and Spain, stating that the U.S. would be justified in seizing Cuba if Spain did not sell it to the U.S.
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[o-sten-suh-buh l] /ɒˈstɛn sə bəl/ adjective 1. outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended: an ostensible cheerfulness concealing sadness. 2. apparent, evident, or conspicuous: the ostensible truth of their theories. /ɒˈstɛnsɪbəl/ adjective 1. apparent; seeming 2. pretended adj. 1762, “capable of being shown, presentable,” from French ostensible, from Latin ostens-, past participle stem of ostendere “to […]
- Ostensibly
[o-sten-suh-buh l] /ɒˈstɛn sə bəl/ adjective 1. outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended: an ostensible cheerfulness concealing sadness. 2. apparent, evident, or conspicuous: the ostensible truth of their theories. /ɒˈstɛnsɪblɪ/ adverb 1. (sentence modifier) apparently; seemingly /ɒˈstɛnsɪbəl/ adjective 1. apparent; seeming 2. pretended adv. 1765, from ostensible + -ly (2). adj. 1762, “capable of being […]
- Ostensive
[o-sten-siv] /ɒˈstɛn sɪv/ adjective 1. clearly or manifestly demonstrative. 2. . /ɒˈstɛnsɪv/ adjective 1. obviously or manifestly demonstrative 2. a less common word for ostensible 3. (philosophy) (of a definition) given by demonstrative means, esp by pointing adj. c.1600, from Late Latin ostensivus “showing,” from Latin ostensus, past participle of ostendere “to show” (see ostensible).
- Ostensive-definition
noun, Philosophy. 1. the definition of a term by pointing to one or more examples to which the term can be applied.
- Ostensorium
[os-tuh n-sawr-ee-uh m, -sohr-] /ˌɒs tənˈsɔr i əm, -ˈsoʊr-/ noun, plural ostensoria [os-tuh n-sawr-ee-uh, -sohr-ee-uh] /ˌɒs tənˈsɔr i ə, -ˈsoʊr i ə/ (Show IPA). Roman Catholic Church. 1. .