Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
the appearance of truth;
the quality of seeming to be true;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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Verisimilitude and opinion are an easy purchase; but
true knowledge is dear and difficult. --Glanvill.
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All that gives verisimilitude to a narrative. --Sir. W.
Scott.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
verisimilitude
n 1: the appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true