·noun An Impossibility.
II. Impossible ·adj 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.
A hateful word, generally supplanted among good seamen by "we'll try." A thing which is impossible i...
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