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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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