单词 | verisimility |
释义 | † verisimilityn. Obsolete. Verisimilitude. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [noun] > likeness to truth truthlikenessa1586 verisimilitude1603 verisimility1646 reality1657 vraisemblance1802 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > probability, likelihood > [noun] > judged by closeness to truth similitudec1450 appearance?1531 semblance1548 probableness1561 resemblance1561 verisimilitude1603 verisimility1646 plausibility1649 vraisemblance1802 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xxi. 157 Touching the verisimility or probable truth of this relation. View more context for this quotation 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vii. xviii. 382 Assuredly it was a noble Nation..upon whom, if not such verities, at least such verisimilities of fortitude were placed. View more context for this quotation 1668 J. Dryden Of Dramatick Poesie 30 The Spirit of man cannot be satisfied but with truth, or at least verisimility. 1706 J. Savage tr. R. de Piles Art of Painting 71 The third [copy], which is Faithful and Easy,..puzzles the greatest Criticks, and often hazards their Pronouncing against the Truth, tho' it may be agreeable to Verisimility. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1646 |
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