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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Impossible \Im*pos"si*ble\, n. An impossibility. [Obs.] ``Madam,'' quoth he ``this were an impossible!'' --Chaucer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Impossible \Im*pos"si*ble\, a. [F., fr L. impossibilis pref. im- not + possibilis possible. See {Possible}.] Not possible; incapable of being done of existing, etc.; unattainable in the nature of things or by means at command; insuperably difficult under the circumstances; absurd or impracticable; not feasible. With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible. --Matt. xix. 26. Without faith it is impossible to please him --Heb. xi 6. {Impossible quantity} (Math.), an imagnary quantity. See {Imaginary}. Syn: See {Impracticable}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: impossible adj 1: not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with "an impossible dream"; "an impossible situation" [ant: {possible}] 2: totally unlikely [syn: {inconceivable}, {out of the question}, {unimaginable}] 3: used of persons or their behavior; "impossible behavior"; "insufferable insolence" [syn: {insufferable}, {unacceptable}, {unsufferable}] n : something that cannot be done "his assignment verged on the impossible"
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