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probabilize, v.|ˈprɒbəbɪlaɪz| [f. L. probābil-is probable + -ize.] trans. To render probable or likely.
1802–12Bentham Ration. Judic. Evid. (1827) III. 13 By means of it the fact is probabilized: rendered, in a greater or less degree, probable. a1832― Deontol. iv. (1834) II. 210 The considerations which tend to probabilize success. 1846S. R. Maitland Ess. Reform. Eng. (1849) 314 That he may take his turn at probableizing [the story], and pass it on. |