Hamlet vocabulary

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plausive

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Definition:
1. Applauding; manifesting praise.
2. Plausible, specious. [Obs.]

Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Since nature cannot choose his origin, — By the o'ergrowth of some complexion, Oft breaking down the pales and forts of reason; Or by some habit, that too much o'er-leavens The form of plausive manners; — that these men, — Carrying, I say, the stamp of one defect,

William Shakespeare. Hamlet
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