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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PLAUSIBILITY

n.s as z. [See Plausible. ] Speciousness; superficial appearance of right.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PLAUSIBILITY

Plau `si *bil "i *ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. plausibilité. ]

 

1. Something worthy of praise. [Obs. ] Integrity, fidelity, and other gracious plausibilities. E. Vaughan.

 

2. The quality of being plausible; speciousness. To give any plausibility to a scheme. De Quincey.

 

3. Anything plausible or specious. R. Browning.