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unˈplausible, a. (un-1 7, 5 b.)
1575Fenton Gold. Epist. (1582) 232 It shall not be..the more vnplausible to the reader. 1604Bacon Apol. Wks. 1879 I. 436 This proceeding..was a thing towards the people very unplausible. a1677Barrow Serm. Wks. 1687 III. xlv. 531 We never..should..embrace his institution, consisting of such unplausible Propositions, and precepts. 1757Hume Hist. Eng. II. 198 He must have had some reasons, and perhaps not unplausible ones, for this affirmation. 1860Mill Lett. (1910) I. 236 Nothing can be at first sight more entirely unplausible than his theory. 1891F. W. Newman Early Hist. Cdl. Newman 47 Your assumption is to me arbitrary and unplausible. |