credence (kredens)

[ I can not sei what he is, but wele he semed a wise man, and therfore I yaf to his counseile credence . Merlin (E. E. T. S.), i. 47. These fine legends, told with staring eyes, Met with small credence from the old and wise. credit = Sp. credibilidad = Pg. credibilidade = lt. cre dibilità, The credibility of the Gospels would never have been denied, if it were not for the philosophical and dogmatic skepticism which desires to get rid of the supernatural and miraculous at any price. Schaff , Hist. Christ. Church, I. § 78. 2. That which makes credible; evidence of truth; proof. [Rare.] We may be as sure that Christ, the first-fruits, is already risen, as all these credibilities can make us. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), II. 68. 3. Credence; credit; belief. [Rare and inaccurate.] Pleasing fantasies, the cobweb visions of those dreaming varlets, the poets, to which I would not have my judicious readers attach any credibility . Irving , Knickerbocker, p. 262. Historical credibility, the validity of testimony, as dependent on the trustworthine of the witne , or on the probability of the fact testified. credible (kred'i-bl), a. [ Aftur they ben duly warned or required by ij. credible per sones of the seid cite. English Gilds (E. E. T. S.), p. 377. No one can demonstrate to me that there is such an island as Jamaica; yet upon the testimony of credible persons I am free from doubt. Til lots on . 2. Capable of being credited or believed, because involving no contradiction, absurdity, or impo ibility; believable: applied to things. In Japan. ceremony was elaborated in books so far that every transaction, down to an execution, had its various movements prescribed with a scarcely credible mi H. Spencer , Prin. of Sociol., § 429. IMG:content-1579.jpg:[graphic] nutene . The notions of the beginning and end of the world entertained by our forefathers are no longer credible . Huxley , Science and Culture. Credible witne , in law: (a) A competent witne : as, a will must be attested by two or more credible witne es. (b) A witne not disqualified nor impeached as unworthy of credit: as, the fact was established on the trial by the testimony of several credible witne es.