Cautious academic claims

To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.

To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be thought of, usually by the agency of other objects.

To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.

An auxiliary verb qualifyng the meaning of another verb, by expressing: (a) Ability, competency, or possibility; -- now oftener expressed by can.

Worthy of belief; probable; credible; as, a likely story.

Possessing firmness or fixedness; firm; hard; solid.

Of or pertaining to a trial or trials; essaying; experimental.

Not conclusive; leading to no conclusion; not closing or settling a point in debate, or a doubtful question; as, evidence is inconclusive when i…