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English Dictionary: probable	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
probable adj likely but not certain to be or become true or real; "a likely result"; "he foresaw a probable loss" Synonym(s): probable, likely Antonym(s): improbable, unlikely apparently destined; "the probable consequences of going ahead with the scheme" n an applicant likely to be chosen
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Probable \Prob"able\, 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.