likelihood (2 common 16th-17th cent.)
1.
probability H5
v. Chor. 29, R3 I. iii. 33; “by all ” in all
probability Shr. V. i. 14, Cym. I. iv. 57.
2.
ground of probable
inference, indication, sign
Gent. V. ii. 43
“These l-s confirm her
flight,”
All'sW. I. iii. 130
“Many l-s informed me of
this,”
Oth. I. iii. 108
“poor
likelihoods.”
3.
‘promise’
1H4 III. ii. 45
“A fellow of no mark nor
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