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English Dictionary: impervious by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
impervious
adj
  1. not admitting of passage or capable of being affected; "a material impervious to water"; "someone impervious to argument"
    Synonym(s): impervious, imperviable
    Antonym(s): pervious
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Impervious \Im*per"vi*ous\, a. [L. impervius; pref. im- not +
      per through + via way. See {Voyage}.]
      Not pervious; not admitting of entrance or passage through;
      as, a substance impervious to water or air.
  
               This gulf impassable, impervious.            --Milton.
  
               The minds of these zealots were absolutely impervious.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
      Syn: Impassable; pathless; impenetrable; imperviable;
               impermeable. -- {Im*per"vi*ous*ly}, adv. --
               {Im*per"vi*ous*ness}, n.
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