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impossible (1212)

The form imposible is a cross reference to the following entry:

impossible (1212)

imposible;  inpossible  (impassible)  
  FEW:  impossibilis 4,600a Gdf: GdfC:  impossible 9,788b TL: impossible 4,1356 DEAF:  impossible I135 DMF:  impossible  TLF:  impossible  OED:  impossible adj. and n.  MED:  impossible adj.  DMLBS:  impossibilis 1265b

a.

impossible
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  Car molt est iço grant labour, Ço m'est vis, nis proef inpossible  Dial Greg SATF 11275
( c.1300; MS: s.xivin )  Ausi sicum il est impossible ke le frenetic seit sanz fievre, ausi est impossible ke litargie seit sanz fevre  A-N Med ii 142
( 1304 )  il est impossible de saver qy sera [...]  YBB 32-33 Ed I 237
( s.xivin; MS: s.xiv2/4 )  le quel Jhesu Dieu vous resuscita, les dolours d’enfern lieez, solom ceo q’il ert impassible q’il fust tenuz de lui (Latin: quod inpossibile erat teneri illum ab eo)  Actes (B) 210b
lawunlawful, improper
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  nul escrit [...] ne lyera [...] si la condicioun soit inpossible ou descovenable [...]  BRITT i 158
( 1411 )  Que please a vostre gracious seignurie de considerer les importables et impossibles pointz de la dite peticion, les queux ne gisent pas en poair de nulluy homme de garder saunz offence  Rot Parl1 iii 666

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See also:

impossibilité  possible 
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