Obtaining approbation; specifically pleasing; apparently right; specious.
a plausible pretext; plausible manners; a plausible delusion
Worthy of being applauded; praiseworthy; commendable; ready.
capable of receiving a plauſible Anſwer
From Latin plausibilis (“deserving applause, praiseworthy, acceptable, pleasing”), from the participle stem of plaudere (“to applaud”).
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