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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Apocryphal  \A*poc"ry*phal\,  a. 
  1.  Pertaining  to  the  Apocrypha. 
 
  2.  Not  canonical.  Hence:  Of  doubtful  authority;  equivocal; 
  mythic;  fictitious;  spurious;  false. 
 
  The  passages  .  .  .  are  however,  in  part  from 
  apocryphal  or  fictitious  works  --Sir  G.  C. 
  Lewis. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  apocryphal 
  adj  :  of  questionable  authenticity 




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