Hypertext Webster Gateway: "insuperable"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Insuperable \In*su"per*a*ble\, a. [L. insuperabilis: cf. OF.
insuperable. See {In-} not, and {Superable}.]
Incapable of being passed over or surmounted; insurmountable;
as, insuperable difficulties.

And middle natures, how they long to join, Yet never
pass the insuperable line? --Pope.

The difficulty is enhanced, or is . . . insuperable.
--I. Taylor.

Syn: Impassable; insurmountable; unconquerable. --
{In*su"per*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {In*su"per*a*bly}, adv.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

insuperable
adj 1: impossible to surmount [syn: {insurmountable}]
2: incapable of being surmounted or excelled; "insuperable
odds"; "insuperable heroes" [syn: {unconquerable}]


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