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credible
(mass) | credible
- spoľahlivý |
credible
(encz) | credible,důvěryhodný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
credible
(encz) | credible,přesvědčivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
credible
(encz) | credible,spolehlivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
credible
(encz) | credible,věrohodný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Credible
(gcide) | Credible \Cred"i*ble\ (kr[e^]d"[i^]*b'l), a. [L. credibilis, fr.
credere. See Creed.]
Capable of being credited or believed; worthy of belief;
entitled to confidence; trustworthy.
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Things are made credible either by the known condition
and quality of the utterer or by the manifest
likelihood of truth in themselves. --Hooker.
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A very diligent and observing person, and likewise very
sober and credible. --Dampier.
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credible
(wn) | credible
adj 1: capable of being believed; "completely credible
testimony"; "credible information" [syn: credible,
believable] [ant: incredible, unbelievable]
2: (a common but incorrect usage where `credulous' would be
appropriate) credulous; "she was not the...credible fool he
expected"
3: appearing to merit belief or acceptance; "a credible witness" |
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incredible
(mass) | incredible
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credibleness
(encz) | credibleness, n: |
incredible
(encz) | incredible,neuvěřitelný adj: luno |
incredibleness
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Credible
(gcide) | Credible \Cred"i*ble\ (kr[e^]d"[i^]*b'l), a. [L. credibilis, fr.
credere. See Creed.]
Capable of being credited or believed; worthy of belief;
entitled to confidence; trustworthy.
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Things are made credible either by the known condition
and quality of the utterer or by the manifest
likelihood of truth in themselves. --Hooker.
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A very diligent and observing person, and likewise very
sober and credible. --Dampier.
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Credibleness
(gcide) | Credibleness \Cred"i*ble*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being credible; worthiness of belief;
credibility. [R.] --Boyle.
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Incredible
(gcide) | Incredible \In*cred"i*ble\, a. [L. incredibilis: cf. OF.
incredible. See In- not, and Credible.]
Not credible; surpassing belief; too extraordinary and
improbable to admit of belief; unlikely; marvelous; fabulous.
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Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you,
that God should raise the dead? --Acts xxvi.
8.
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incredible vs credible unbelievable
(gcide) | dumbfounding \dumbfounding\ adj.
causing astonishment. [Narrower terms: {incredible (vs.
credible), unbelievable}]
Syn: astonishing, astounding, dumfounding.
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Incredibleness
(gcide) | Incredibleness \In*cred"i*ble*ness\, n.
Incredibility.
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Uncredible
(gcide) | Uncredible \Un*cred"i*ble\, a.
Incredible. --Bacon.
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credibleness
(wn) | credibleness
n 1: the quality of being believable or trustworthy [syn:
credibility, credibleness, believability] [ant:
incredibility, incredibleness] |
incredible
(wn) | incredible
adj 1: beyond belief or understanding; "at incredible speed";
"the book's plot is simply incredible" [syn:
incredible, unbelievable] [ant: believable,
credible] |
incredibleness
(wn) | incredibleness
n 1: the quality of being incredible [syn: incredibility,
incredibleness] [ant: believability, credibility,
credibleness] |
CREDIBLE WITNES
(bouvier) | CREDIBLE WITNESS. A credible witness is one who is competent to give
evidence, and is worthy of belief. 5 Mass. 219 17 Pick. 134; 2 Curt. Ecc. R.
336. In deciding upon the credibility of a witness, it is always pertinent
to consider whether he is capable of knowing the thing thoroughly about
which he testifies. 2. Whether he was actually present at the transaction.
3. Whether he paid, sufficient attention to qualify himself to be a reporter
of it; and 4. Whether he honestly relates the affair fully as he knows it,
without any purpose or desire to deceive, or suppress or add to the truth.
2. In some of the states, as Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Rhode
Island, Vermont, and Virginia, wills must be attested by credible witnesses.
See Attesting Witness; Competent Witness; Disinterested Witness; Respectable
Witness; and Witness.
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