Meaning of likelyhood | Babel Free

Definitions

Obsolete spelling of likelihood, now a common misspelling.

alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable

Examples

“Moꝛeouer, enuy and deſpite against Ieſus had ſo blinded the myndes of the pꝛieſtes and the Phariſeis, that it did not ſuffice their malice to put⟳ Ieſus to death, but they fel in deuice alſo howe to make⟳ Lazarus away, againſt whom they coulde lay⟳ no colour oꝛ likelyhood of any fault.”

“Of all humaine and ancient opinions concerning religion, I thinke that to have⟳ had more likelyhood and excuſe, which acknowledged and confeſſed God to be an incomprehenſible power, chiefe beginning and preſerver of all things; all goodnes, all perfection; accepting in good part the honor and reverence which mortall men did yeeld him, vnder what viſage, name⟳ and manner ſoever it was.”

“If there be who yet doubt⟳, I referr them eſpecially to that Declaration of July 1645. concerning this matter⟳. Againſt which teſtimonies, likelyhoods, evidences, and apparent actions of his own⟳, being ſo abundant, the bare denyall of one man, though with imprecation, cannot in any reaſon countervaile.”

“But to ſcuffle and combat with them in their own⟳ dark Caverns, let⟳ the univerſall Matter⟳ be a heterogeneall Chaos of Confuſion, variouſly moved and as it happens: I ſay there is no likelyhood that this mad Motion would ever amount to ſo wiſe a Contrivance as is diſcernable even in the generall Delineations of Nature.”

“But when their eyes fell on R’har, it was plain these warriors were trying to judge⟳ his likelyhood of survival, subtly eyeing each other, each weighing his own⟳ chances of winning her, should R’har die⟳.”

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