||Os`su*a"ri*um (?), n. [L.] A charnel house; an ossuary. Walpole.
Os"su*a*ry (?), n.; pl. -ries (#). [L. ossuarium, fr. ossuarius of or
bones, fr. os, ossis, bone: cf. F. ossuaire.] A place where the bones
of the dead are deposited; a charnel house. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Ost (?), n. See Oast.
Os"te*al (?), a. [Gr. &?; a bone.] Osseous.
Os"te*in (?), n. [Gr. &?; bone.] Ossein.
||Os`te*i"tis (?), n. [NL. See Osteo-, and -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation
||of bone.
Os"tel*er (?), n. Same as Hosteler. Wyclif.
Os*tend" (?), v. t. [L. ostendere to show.] To exhibit; to manifest.
[Obs.]
Mercy to mean offenders we'll ostend.
J. Webster.
Os*ten`si*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality or state of being ostensible.
Os*ten"si*ble (?), a. [From L. ostensus, p. p. of ostendere to show,
prop., to stretch out before; fr. prefix obs- (old form of ob-) +
tendere to stretch. See Tend.]
1. Capable of being shown; proper or intended to be shown. [R.]
Walpole.
2. 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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Os*ten"si*bly (?), adv. In an ostensible manner; avowedly; professedly;
apparently. Walsh.
Ostensibly, we were intended to prevent filibustering into Texas,
but really as a menace to Mexico.
U. S. Grant.
Os*ten"sion (?), n. [L. ostensio a showing: cf. F. ostension. See
Ostend.] (Eccl.) The showing of the sacrament on the altar in order
that it may receive the adoration of the communicants.
Os*ten"sive (?), a. Showing; exhibiting.
Ostensive demonstration (Math.), a direct or positive demonstration, as
opposed to the apagogical or indirect method.
Os*ten"sive*ly, adv. In an ostensive manner.
{ ||Os`ten*so"ri*um (?), Os*ten"so*ry (?), } n.; pl. L. -soria (#), E.
-sories (#). [NL. ostensorium: cf. F. ostensoir. See Ostensible.] (R.
C. Ch.) Same as Monstrance.
Os"tent (?), n. [L. ostentus, ostentum, fr. ostendere (p. p. ostensus
and ostentus) to show. See Ostensible.]