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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Probable \Prob"a*ble\, a. [L. probabilis, fr. probare to try, approve, prove: cf. F. probable. See {Prove}, and cf. {Provable}.] 1. Capable of being proved. [Obs.] 2. Having more evidence for than against; supported by evidence which inclines the mind to believe, but leaves some room for doubt; likely. That is accounted probable which has better arguments producible for it than can be brought against it. --South. I do not say that the principles of religion are merely probable; I have before asserted them to be morally certain. --Bp. Wilkins. | |
