OSTELER
Os"tel*er, n.
Defn: Same as Hosteler. Wyclif.
OSTEND
Os*tend", v. t. Etym: [L. ostendere to show.]
Defn: To exhibit; to manifest. [Obs.]
Mercy to mean offenders we'll ostend. J. Webster.
OSTENSIBILITY
Os*ten`si*bil"i*ty, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being ostensible.
OSTENSIBLE Os*ten"si*ble, a. Etym: [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.
OSTENSIBLY
Os*ten"si*bly, adv.