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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

verisimilitudo

: cf. OF.

verisimilitude

. See

The quality or state of being verisimilar; the appearance of truth; probability; likelihood.

Verisimilitude

and opinion are an easy purchase; but true knowledge is dear and difficult.

Glanvill.

All that gives

verisimilitude

to a narrative.

Sir. W. Scott.

Noun.

[L. verisimilitudo.] the appearance of truth; probability; likelihood.

Verisimilitude and opinion are an easy purchase; but true knowledge is dear and difficult.