(n.) Reliance of the mind on evidence of facts derived from other sources than personal knowledge; belief; credit; confidence.
(n.) That which gives a claim to credit, belief, or confidence; as, a letter of credence.
(n.) The small table by the side of the altar or communion table, on which the bread and wine are placed before being consecrated.
(n.) A cupboard, sideboard, or cabinet, particularly one intended for the display of rich vessels or plate, and consisting chiefly of open shelves for that purpose.
(v. t.) To give credence to; to believe.
Example Sentences:
(1) No true evangelical ought to be tempted to give such tales any credence whatsoever, no matter how popular they become,” Johnson wrote.
(2) Moreover, the close similarity between this neurotoxic syndrome in experimental animals and the clinical picture witnessed in Canadian victims of mussel poisoning lends further credence to the assumption that this poisoning incident was caused by an interaction between the domoate molecule and kainate receptors in the human central nervous system.
(3) These results, which took into account several potential confounders including cigarette smoking and asbestos exposure, lend credence to the hypothesis that silica exposure increases the risk of lung cancer, and suggest the possibility of an effect on stomach cancer.
(4) In a bid to give credence to his drug war, his team exaggerates and invents data.
(5) These data give some credence to a direct role of immune aggregates in rheumatoid arthritis articular collagenous tissues in disease pathogenesis.
(6) This suggests that SHA to 0.02 Hz should be given more credence, since it appears to be critical for diagnosing more extensive lesions.
(7) Data are presented that lend credence to the speculation that Br may have a hitherto unexpected function in reproduction.
(8) The findings of our flow cytometry study may indeed lend credence to the view that all hyperparathyroidism represents a four-gland hyperfunction although this does not support as a consequence routine subtotal parathyroidectomy but should stimulate further inquiry into the pathogenesis of primary hyperparathyroidism.
(9) Using environmental concentration data presently available from Poland (especially for air), the paper will estimate human exposures, will point out research and monitoring needs, and hopefully, will lend credence to the concept that environmental policies and risk reduction strategies will be most effective if the Total Human Exposure Concept is used as the guiding scientific principle in risk assessment and management programs.
(10) Our study adds credence to the hypothesis that pesticides and EMF are leukaemogenic agents, together with benzene.
(11) Perhaps our geriatric globetrotters give credence to the age-old saying (of unknown origin) "Running water never freezes."
(12) These pathologic changes lend credence to the hypothesis that the precorneal tear film may be a source of immunoglobulin that becomes deposited within the stroma.
(13) The same profile in the normal surface epithelium lends credence to the belief that these tumors are derived from this epithelium.
(14) The claims had credence, because even before the billions from Sky TV and the Premier League's commercial revolution, bungs were indeed proved to have been paid.
(15) The fact that the more controversial sensory integrative procedures elicited comparable gains when compared with the more widely recognized operant method lends credence to the viability of sensory integrative methods.
(16) It is a generation since Whitehall in general, and the business department in particular, gave any credence to the possibility of successful public enterprise.
(17) These observations lend credence to the theory that one mechanism by which testosterone may regulate GnRH secretion is by increasing the synthesis of POMC in the arcuate nucleus.
(18) The demonstration of an EGF-induced increase in kinase activity of an internalized vesicle fraction lends credence to the hypothesis that EGF-induced endocytosis of the receptor is of physiological significance in the response of cells to this ligand.
(19) These observations indicate that the time constant for the increase in ME content induced by ECS resembles the time constant for the appearance of the clinical benefits by ECT and may give credence to the possibility that the ME increase may participate in the antidepressive action of ECS.
(20) The presence of team owner Jeffrey Lurie at Smith's workout for the team has lent credence to such claims.
Supporting
Definition:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Support
Example Sentences:
(1) This excellent prognosis supports a regimen of conservative therapy for these patients.
(2) It is supposed that delta-sleep peptide along with other oligopeptides is one of the factors determining individual animal resistance to emotional stress, which is supported by significant delta-sleep peptide increase in hypothalamus in stable rats.
(3) Pathological and immunocytochemical data supported the diagnosis of medullary thyroid carcinoma.
(4) Technical factors that account for increased difficulty in these patients include: problems with guide catheter impaction and ostial trauma; inability to inflate the balloon with adequate guide catheter support; and need for increased intracoronary manipulation.
(5) Cantact placing reaction times were measured in cats which were either restrained in a hammock or supported in a conventional way.
(6) In a debate in the House of Commons, I will ask Britain, the US and other allies to convert generalised offers of help into more practical support with greater air cover, military surveillance and helicopter back-up, to hunt down the terrorists who abducted the girls.
(7) Models able to describe the events of cellular growth and division and the dynamics of cell populations are useful for the understanding of functional control mechanisms and for the theoretical support for automated analysis of flow cytometric data and of cell volume distributions.
(8) The presence of O-glycosidic linkages between carbohydrate and protein in the DF3 antigenic site was further supported by the presence of NaBH4-sensitive sites.
(9) Theresa May signals support for UK-EU membership deal Read more Faull’s fix, largely accepted by Britain, also ties the hands of national governments.
(10) Consensual but rationally weak criteria devised to extract inferences of causality from such results confirm the generic inadequacy of epidemiology in this area, and are unable to provide definitive scientific support to the perceived mandate for public health action.
(11) The program met with continued support and enthusiasm from nurse administrators, nursing unit managers, clinical educators, ward staff and course participants.
(12) Male sex, age under 19 or over 45, few social supports, and a history of previous suicide attempts are all factors associated with increased suicide rates.
(13) It also provides mechanical support for the collateral ligaments during valgus or varus stress of the knee.
(14) The data support the conclusion that accumulation of lipid II is responsible in some way for the hypersensitivity of delta rfbA mutants to SDS.
(15) The International Monetary Fund, which has long urged Nigeria to remove the subsidy, supports the move.
(16) He voiced support for refugees, trade unions, council housing, peace, international law and human rights.
(17) Training in social skills specific to fostering intimacy is suggested as a therapeutic step, and modifications to the social support measure for future use discussed.
(18) We want to be sure that the country that’s providing all the infrastructure and support to the business is the one that reaps the reward by being able to collect the tax,” he said.
(19) Evidence is presented in support of the hypothesis that fresh bat guano serves as a means of pathogenic fungi dissemination in caves.
(20) This postulate is supported by a limited study of the serovars present among the isolates.