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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Verisimilitude \Ver'i*si*mil"i*tude\, noun [L. verisimilitudo: cf. OF. verisimilitude. See {Verisimilar}.] The quality or state of being verisimilar; the appearance of truth; probability; likelihood.
Verisimilitude and opinion are an easy purchase; but true knowledge is dear and difficult. --Glanvill.
All that gives verisimilitude to a narrative. --Sir. W. Scott.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
verisimilitude
noun: the appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true
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