unpossible

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"Unpossible -- quite unpossible," interrupted the seaman with a grave shake of the head.

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  1. Impossible. [Obsolete or rare.] It is hard with ientlenesse, but unpossible with seuere crueltie, to call them backe to good frame againe. Ascham, The Scholemaster, p. 46. For us to levy power … Is all unpossible. Shak., Rich. II., ii. 2. 126. A thing unpossible to us This story seems to be. True Tale of Robin Hood (Child's Ballads, V. 370).

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  • "Me fail english, that unpossible" - Ralph Wiggum and the more I read about McDaniels, the better I feel about the decision. —  Mile High Report
  • Or Canada demanding -- okay, sorry, can't continue with that analogy since it's "unpossible" to imagine Canada demanding anything. —  The Jawa Report
  • Failing English became unpossible, drumming one's fingertips became evil and —  Starpulse Entertainment News
  • But what are you thinking about The possibility of seeing another boat coming round the bend of the river It's unpossible, zir. —  Nic Revel A White Slave's Adventures in Alligator Land
  • And next up timothy on Friday October 24, @05: 11AM from the clearly-unpossible dept. —  xml's Blinklist.com
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  1. from Middle English unpossible; from un- + possible.
 

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