think probable

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Gifford suggests that it is “corrupted, perhaps, from the Spanish rio, which is figuratively used for a large quantity of liquor,” a derivation, however, which Mr. Dyce does not think probable.

From Folk-lore of Shakespeare by Thiselton-Dyer, Thomas Firminger

I shall therefore here indicate what I think probable in so obscure a field.

From The Making of Religion by Lang, Andrew

I thank you more cordially than you will think probable for your note.

From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Darwin, Francis, Sir

That her hesitation sprang from the mere dislike of leaving her sister so suddenly, or that she had sacrificed her life's happiness to any childish idea of decorum, I did not think probable.

From Lost Man's Lane A Second Episode in the Life of Amelia Butterworth by Green, Anna Katharine

This one would think probable, a priori, on the ground that Greek Mysteries are an embellished survival of the initiatory rites of savages, which do contain elements of morality. 

From The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological by Lang, Andrew