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adj
directly demonstrating or pointing out, especially by example
A child learns the word red through ostensive pointing at colored objects.
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Etymology
From Late Latin 'ostensivus', from Latin 'ostensus', past participle of 'ostendere' ('to show, display'), from 'ob-' ('toward') plus 'tendere' ('to stretch').
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