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Webster 1913 Edition


Plausibility

Plauˊsi-bil′i-ty

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
plausibilité
.]
1.
Something worthy of praise.
[Obs.]
Integrity, fidelity, and other gracious
plausibilities
.
E. Vaughan.
2.
The quality of being plausible; speciousness.
To give any
plausibility
to a scheme.
De Quincey.
3.
Anything plausible or specious.
R. Browning.

Webster 1828 Edition


Plausibility

PLAUSIBIL'ITY

,
Noun.
s as z. [See Plausible.] Speciousness; superficial appearance of right.