† verisimilen.
Obsolete. rare.
A plausible semblance or appearance of something.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [noun] > seeming
semblant?c1225
coloura1325
countenance1362
appearancec1386
seemc1440
fair seeming1484
resemblant1485
seeming1576
apparition1613
semblancea1616
imposture1643
verisimile1652
seemingness1656
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > probability, likelihood > [noun] > instance(s) of > though closeness to reality
verisimile1652
vraisemblable1830
1652 N. Culpeper Eng. Physitian Enlarged (1656) 300 Almost al Astrologo-Physitians hold this to be an Herb of Mars, and they give a very simile of a truth for it too, viz. Because it cures diseases of the Head.
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