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Definitions for: Impossible
[n] something that cannot be done; "his assignment verged on the impossible"
[adj] not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with; "an impossible dream"; "an impossible situation"
[adj] totally unlikely
[adj] used of persons or their behavior; "impossible behavior"; "insufferable insolence"
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Im*pos"si*ble, n.
An impossibility. [Obs.]
``Madam,'' quoth he, ``this were an impossible!''
--Chaucer.
Synonyms: hopeless, impracticable, inconceivable, infeasible, insufferable, intolerable, out of the question, out(p), unacceptable, unachievable, unattainable, undoable, unfeasible, unimaginable, unrealizable, unsufferable, unworkable
Antonyms: possible
See Also: impossibility, impossible action, impractical, insurmountable, unrealistic, unsurmountable, unthinkable
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