verisimilar

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Sometimes the word "possible" has been used instead of "verisimilar."

From Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic by Croce, Benedetto

In the second place, the actions of tragedy are either really true, that is, historical, or if not true, have all the appearance of truth, that is, they are verisimilar.

From A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism by Spingarn, Joel Elias

But the ridiculous must no longer come forward as the pure creation of his own fancy, but must be verisimilar, that is, seem to be real.

From Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature by Black, John

Extravagant as are the situations in La Nuit et le Moment, the other best thing, they are, but for the longueurs already censured, singularly verisimilar on their own postulates.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by Saintsbury, George

Various anecdotes of him are related by Boccaccio, Sacchetti, and others, none of them verisimilar, and some of them at least fifteen centuries old when revamped.

From Among My Books Second Series by Lowell, James Russell