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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 1.6 [wn]:
verisimilitude
n : the appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true
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