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English Dictionary: impossible	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
impossible adj not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with; "an impossible dream"; "an impossible situation" Antonym(s): possible totally unlikely Synonym(s): impossible, inconceivable, out of the question, unimaginable used of persons or their behavior; "impossible behavior"; "insufferable insolence" Synonym(s): impossible, insufferable, unacceptable, unsufferable n something that cannot be done; "his assignment verged on the impossible"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Impossible \Impos"sible\, 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Impossible \Impos"sible\, n. An impossibility. [Obs.] [bd]Madam,[b8] quoth he, [bd]this were an impossible![b8] --Chaucer.