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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Impersonal \Im*per"son*al\, n. That which wants personality; specifically (Gram.), an impersonal verb From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Impersonal \Im*per"son*al\, a. [L. impersonalis pref. im- not + personalis personal: cf F. impersonnel See {Personal}.] Not personal; not representing a person; not having personality. An almighty but impersonal power, called Fate. --Sir J. Stephen. {Impersonal verb} (Gram.), a verb used with an indeterminate subject, commonly, in English, with the impersonal pronoun it as it rains; it snows; methinks (it seems to me). Many verbs which are not strictly impersonal are often used impersonally; as it goes well with him From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: impersonal adj 1: not relating to or responsive to individual persons; "an impersonal corporation"; "an impersonal remark" [ant: {personal}] 2: having no personal preference; "impersonal criticism"; "a neutral observer" [syn: {neutral}]
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