LIKELIHOOD

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

Appearance; show; sign; expression. [Obs.] What of his heart perceive you in his face By any likelihood he showed to-day Shak.

2.
n.

Likeness; resemblance. [Obs.] There is no likelihood between pure light and black darkness, or between righteousness and reprobation. Sir W. Raleigh.

3.
n.

Appearance of truth or reality; probability; verisimilitude. Tennyson.


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