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Quotation dates: 1653
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Verisimilarie, adj. [17th c. Eng. verisimilar (1681).] Having the semblance of reality. — 1653 Urquhart Rabelais ii vi 31.
Like verisimilarie [F. verisimiles] amorabons, we captat the benevolence of the … fæminine sexe
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