#472.  Probability. —­ N. probability, likelihood; credibleness[obs3];
likeliness &c. adj.;
     vraisemblance[Fr], verisimilitude, plausibility; color, semblance,
show of; presumption; presumptive evidence, circumstantial evidence; credibility.
     reasonable chance, fair chance, good chance, favorable chance,
reasonable prospect, fair prospect, good prospect, favorable prospect; prospect, wellgrounded hope; chance &c. 156. 
     V. be probable &c. adj.; give color to, lend color to; point to; imply
&c. (evidence) 467; bid fair &c. (promise) 511; stand fair for; stand a good chance, run a good chance.
     think likely, dare say, flatter oneself; expect &c. 507; count upon
&c. (believe) 484. 
     Adj. probable, likely, hopeful, to be expected, in a fair way.
     plausible, specious, ostensible, colorable, ben trovato[It], well-
founded, reasonable, credible, easy of belief, presumable, presumptive, apparent. 
     Adv. probably &c. adj.; belike[obs3]; in all probability, in all
likelihood; very likely, most likely; like enough; odds on, odds in favor, ten &c. to one; apparently, seemingly, according to every reasonable expectation; prim facie[Lat]; to all appearance &c. (to the eye) 448. 
     Phr. the chances, the odds are; appearances are in favor of, chances
are in favor of; there is reason to believe, there is reason to think, there is reason to expect; I dare say; all Lombard Street to a China orange.

     #473.  Improbability. —­ N. improbability, unlikelihood; unfavorable
chance, bad chance, ghost of a chance, little chance, small chance, poor chance, scarcely any chance, no chance; bare possibility; long odds; incredibility &c. 485. 
     V. be improbable &c. adj.; have a small chance &c. n. 
     Adj. improbable, unlikely, contrary to all reasonable expectation;
wild, far out, out of sight, outtasight, heavy [all coll.].
     rare &c. (infrequent) 137; unheard of, inconceivable; unimaginable,
inimaginable[obs3]; incredible &c. 485; more than doubtful; strange, bizarre (uncomformable) 83. 
     Phr. the chances are against; aquila non capit muscas[Lat]; pedir
peras pal olmo[Lat].

     #474.  Certainty. —­ N. certainty; necessity &c. 601; certitude,
surety, assurance; dead certainty, moral certainty; infallibleness &c. adj.; infallibility, reliability; indubitableness, inevitableness, unquestionableness[obs3].
     gospel, scripture, church, pope, court of final appeal; res
judicata[Lat], ultimatum positiveness; dogmatism, dogmatist, dogmatizer; doctrinaire, bigot, opinionist[obs3], Sir Oracle; ipse dixit[Lat].
     fact; positive fact, matter of fact; fait accompli[Fr]. 
     V. be certain &c. adj.; stand to reason.
     render certain &c. adj.; insure, ensure, assure; clinch, make sure;
determine, decide, set at rest, “make assurance double sure” [Macbeth]; know &c. (believe) 484.