Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Impossible"
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) 1.7 (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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