impassible

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He soon perceived that he was still living; the princess had remained impassible -- not a muscle of her face had moved.

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  1. adjective Not subject to suffering, pain, or harm.
  2. adjective Unfeeling; impassive.

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  • As-Saladiin is the main north-south road and they're doing their best to turn it impassible, with earth mounds and barriers and blockades made of bombed cars. —  Palestine Blogs aggregator
  • The lack of fires can be chalked up to the fact that that the road is currently unpaved and frequently impassible - but will not remain so for long. —  Naturejobs - All Jobs
  • A 40-mile section from Treloar to Mokane was impassible, as were shorter sections around McBaine and Rocheport. —  Columbia Missourian: Latest Articles
  • First of all, because it is incorruptible and impassible: secondly, because it is entire under every part, as was shown above (Q. —  Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition
  • [602] In this connection the same Tertullian, who in the Church laid great weight on formulć like "the crucified God God consented to be born" ("deus crucifixus," "nasci se voluit deus") and who, impelled by opposition to Marcion and by his apologetic interest, distinguished the Son as capable of suffering from God the Father who is impassible, and imputed to him human weaknesses--which was already a further step,--sharply emphasised the "distinct function distincte agere") of the two substances in Christ and thus separated the persons. —  History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7)
 

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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin impassibilis : in-, not; see in-1 + passibilis, passible; see passible.

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  1. = French impassible = Spanish impasible = Portuguese impassivel = Italian impassibile, from Late Latin impassibilis, inpassibilis, not capable of passion, passionless, from Latin in- privative + Late Latin passibilis, capable of passion, feeling, or suffering: see passible.
 

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