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edited or believed; worthy of belief; entiled to confidence; trustworthy. Things are made credible either by the known condition and quality of the utterer or by the manifest likelihood of truth in themselves. Hooker. A very diligent and observing person, and likewise very sober and credible. Dampier.…

The quality or state of being credible; worthness of belief; credibility. [R.] Boyle.

Not credible; surpassing belief; too extraordinary and improbable to admit of belief; unlikely; marvelous; fabulous. Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead Acts xxvi. 8.

Incredibility.

Incredible. Bacon.

degradation. That this should be termed baseness, abjection of mind, or servility, is it credible Hooker.

Of approved authority; true; trustworthy; credible; as, an authentic writer; an authentic portrait; authentic information.

Capable of being believed; credible. -- Be*liev"a*ble*ness, n. -- Be*liev`a*bil"i*ty (, n.

. So long as we are in the regions of nature, miraculous and improbable, miraculous and incredible, may be allowed to remain convertible terms. Trench.

Having credit or authority; credible. [Obs.] For my authority bears of a credent bulk. Shak.

The quality of being credible; credibleness; as, the credibility of facts; the credibility of witnesses.

The quality or state of being incredible; incredibleness. Dryden.

In an incredible manner.

Incredible; not easy to be believed. [R.] Shak.

Not to be expected; inconceivable. [Obs.] "Inopinable, incredible . . . saings." Latimer.

Worthy of belief; probable; credible; as, a likely story. It seems likely that he was in hope of being busy and conspicuous. Johnson.

ng nebulous masses were discovered, apparently moving radially outward from the star at incredible velocity.

planet, or star. In the small orb of one particular tear. Shak. Whether the prime orb, Incredible how swift, had thither rolled. Milton.

urrence; an incident; an act or deed. "In thy passages of life." Shak. The . . . almost incredible passage of their unbelief. South.

rld of spirits; to recall from death; to give life to. Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead Acts xxvi. 8.