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HOME | Definition of verisimilitude (VERISIMILITUDE, Verisimilitude)

    Verisimilitude \Ver`i*si*mil"i*tude\, n. [L. verisimilitudo: cf.
    OF. verisimilitude. See Verisimilar.]
    The quality or state of being verisimilar; the appearance of
    truth; probability; likelihood.
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    Verisimilitude and opinion are an easy purchase; but
    true knowledge is dear and difficult. --Glanvill.
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    All that gives verisimilitude to a narrative. --Sir. W.
    Scott.
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    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48


    verisimilitude
    n : the appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true

    WordNet (r) 2.0


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