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verisimilar - adj., appearing to be true or real; probable.


Compare with yesterday's word. Useful in reviews of the latest models of holodecks, or will be. In use since the 1680s, from Latin vērīsimilis, from vērī, genative of vērum, truth + similis, like.

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