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  1. adjective Seemingly or apparently valid, likely, or acceptable; credible: a plausible excuse.
  2. adjective Giving a deceptive impression of truth or reliability.
  3. adjective Disingenuously smooth; fast-talking: "Ambitious, unscrupulous, energetic, ... and plausible,—a political gladiator, ready for a 'set-to' in any crowd” (Frederick Douglass).
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  • Coalesce that with a healthy diet humungous of natural unprocessed entire foods as close to their natural state seeing plausible, and those elusive six - pack abdominals cede yours in no time! —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • And more skepticism about the importance of the CRA seemed plausible, along these lines: —  VDARE.com - Latest Articles
  • False logic seem plausible, and even outright lies repeated enough begin to sound like the truth.
  • With the tremendous power a nuclear engine could provide it does sound plausible, anyone know anymore on this? —  digg.com: Stories / Popular
  • It certainly seems plausible, and now it looks like regulators are going to delve deeper into this question, as they look at whether repeat customers tended to receive better ratings for the securities they were floating. —  Techdirt
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  1. Latin plausibilis, deserving applause, from plausus, past participle of plaudere, to applaud.

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  1. from French plausible = Spanish plausible = Portuguese plausivel = Italian plausibile, from Latin plausibilis, praiseworthy, pleasing, acceptable, from plaudere, past participle plausus, applaud: see plaud.
 

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