Obs. Also 7 veri-simility. [f. L. type *vērisimilitās, f. vērisimilis (vērī similis): see VERISIMILITUDE.] Verisimilitude.
1646. Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., III. xxi. 157. Touching the verisimility or probable truth of this relation. Ibid., VII. xviii. 382. Assuredly it was a noble Nation … upon whom, if not such verities, at least such verisimilities of fortitude were placed.
1668. Dryden, Dram. Poesy, Ess. (Ker), I. 59. The spirit of man cannot be satisfied but with truth, or at least verisimility.
1706. trans. De Piles’ Art Painting, 71. The third [copy], which is Faithful and Easy,… puzzles the greatest Criticks, and often hazards their Pronouncing against the Truth, tho’ it may be agreeable to Verisimility.
