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Definition of Credibilities
1. credibility [n] - See also: credibility
Lexicographical Neighbors of Credibilities
Literary usage of Credibilities
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Quintilian's Institutes of Oratory: Or, Education of an Orator by Quintilian (1892)
"Of credibilities, 15 — 19. Of sources from •which arguments are drawn, 20 — 22.
From the character of individuals, 23—31. From circumstances, as motives, ..."
2. Formal Logic: Or, The Calculus of Inference, Necessary and Probable by Augustus De Morgan (1847)
"... if drawn, being of the 66, or of the 14, the credibilities of ... without
alteration of their relative credibilities : their probabilities are found by ..."
3. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"'28; or if p and p' be any independent probabilities, derived from any sources,
as to one event. where p, p' are the credibilities of the two witnesses. 30. ..."
4. Mark Twain: A Biography : the Personal and Literary Life of Samuel Langhorne by Albert Bigelow Paine (1912)
"One of those things happened which we refuse to accept in fiction as possible;
but fact has a smaller regard for the credibilities. ..."
5. Quintilian's Institutes of Oratory: Or, Education of an Orator by Quintilian (1892)
"Of credibilities, 15 — 19. Of sources from •which arguments are drawn, 20 — 22.
From the character of individuals, 23—31. From circumstances, as motives, ..."
6. Formal Logic: Or, The Calculus of Inference, Necessary and Probable by Augustus De Morgan (1847)
"... if drawn, being of the 66, or of the 14, the credibilities of ... without
alteration of their relative credibilities : their probabilities are found by ..."
7. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"'28; or if p and p' be any independent probabilities, derived from any sources,
as to one event. where p, p' are the credibilities of the two witnesses. 30. ..."
8. Mark Twain: A Biography : the Personal and Literary Life of Samuel Langhorne by Albert Bigelow Paine (1912)
"One of those things happened which we refuse to accept in fiction as possible;
but fact has a smaller regard for the credibilities. ..."
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