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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Impervious \Im*per"vi*ous\, a. [L. impervius; pref. im- not + per through + via way See {Voyage}.] Not pervious; not admitting of entrance or passage through as a substance impervious to water or air. This gulf impassable, impervious. --Milton. The minds of these zealots were absolutely impervious. --Macaulay. Syn: Impassable; pathless; impenetrable; imperviable; impermeable. -- {Im*per"vi*ous*ly}, adv -- {Im*per"vi*ous*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: impervious adj : not admitting of passage or capable of being affected; "a material impervious to water"; "steel impervious to bullets"; "someone impervious to argument" [syn: {imperviable}] [ant: {pervious}]
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