| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Worthy of belief, as because of precision or faithfulness to an original: authentic, convincing, credible, faithful, true, trustworthy, valid. See TRUE. 2. Exercising authority: commanding, dominant, lordly, masterful. See OVER, STRONG. 3. Having or arising from authority: conclusive, official, sanctioned, standard. See TRUE. 4. Serving the function of deciding or settling with finality: conclusive, decisive, definitive, determinative, final. See DECIDE.
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