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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Impossibility \Im*pos`si*bil"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Impossibilities}.
[L. impossibilitas: cf. F. impossibilit['e].]
1. The quality of being impossible; impracticability.
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They confound difficulty with impossibility.
--South.
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2. An impossible thing; that which is not possible; that
which can not be thought, done, or endured.
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Impossibilities! O, no, there's none. --Cowley.
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3. Inability; helplessness. [R.] --Latimer.
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{Logical impossibility}, a condition or statement involving
contradiction or absurdity; as, that a thing can be and
not be at the same time. See {Principle of Contradiction},
under {Contradiction}.
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