2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Possible \Pos"si*ble\, a. [F., fr L. possibilis fr posse to
be able, to have power; potis able, capable + esse to be See
{Potent}, {Am}, and cf {Host} a landlord.]
Capable of existing or occurring, or of being conceived or
thought of able to happen; capable of being done not
contrary to the nature of things -- sometimes used to
express extreme improbability; barely able to be or to come
to pass; as possibly he is honest, as it is possible that
Judas meant no wrong
With God all things are possible. --Matt. xix.
26.
Syn: Practicable; likely. See {Practicable}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
possible
adj 1: capable of happening or existing; "a breakthrough may be
possible next year"; "anything is possible"; "warned
of possible consequences" [ant: {impossible}]
2: existing in possibility; "a potential problem"; "possible
uses of nuclear poser" [syn: {potential}] [ant: {actual}]
3: possible to conceive or imagine; "that is one possible
answer" [syn: {conceivable}, {imaginable}]
n 1: something that can be done "politics is the art of the
possible"
2: an applicant who might be suitable
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