Hypertext Webster Gateway: "verisimilitude"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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

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