† verisimilityn.
Obsolete.
Verisimilitude.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [noun] > likeness to truth
truthlikenessa1586
verisimilitude1603
verisimility1646
reality1657
vraisemblance1802
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > probability, likelihood > [noun] > judged by closeness to truth
similitudec1450
appearance?1531
semblance1548
probableness1561
resemblance1561
verisimilitude1603
verisimility1646
plausibility1649
vraisemblance1802
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xxi. 157 Touching the verisimility or probable truth of this relation. View more context for this quotation
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vii. xviii. 382 Assuredly it was a noble Nation..upon whom, if not such verities, at least such verisimilities of fortitude were placed. View more context for this quotation
1668 J. Dryden Of Dramatick Poesie 30 The Spirit of man cannot be satisfied but with truth, or at least verisimility.
1706 J. Savage tr. R. de Piles Art of Painting 71 The third [copy], which is Faithful and Easy,..puzzles the greatest Criticks, and often hazards their Pronouncing against the Truth, tho' it may be agreeable to Verisimility.
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