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impossiˈbilitate, v. rare.
[f. impossibilit-y + -ate3; cf. Sp. imposibilitar, It. impossibilitare.]
trans. To render impossible.
1633T. Adams Exp. 2 Peter ii. 14 It [covetousness] impossibilitates the entrance into heaven. 1646Chas. I Let. in Carte Ormonde (1735) III. 452, I..would do nothing to impossibilitate ayde [printed adye] from thence. 1834Southey Doctor II. 116 How many accidents might for ever have impossibilitated the existence of this incomparable work! |