Get Affordable VMs - excellent virtual server hosting


browse words by letter
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

verisimilitudemore about verisimilitude

verisimilitude


  2  definitions  found 
 
  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 




more about verisimilitude