What is an impossibility. [Obs.] "Madam," quoth he, "this were an impossible!" Chaucer called?
impossible — An impossibility. [Obs.] "Madam," quoth he, "this were an impossible!" Chaucer. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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