English Dictionary: possibilities | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Possibility \Pos`si*bil"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Possibilities}. [F. possibilit[82], L. possibilitas.] 1. The quality or state of being possible; the power of happening, being, or existing. [bd]All possibility of error.[b8] --Hooker. [bd]Latent possibilities of excellence.[b8] --Johnson. 2. That which is possible; a contingency; a thing or event that may not happen; a contingent interest, as in real or personal estate. --South. Burrill. |