Imposingly
(Im*pos"ing*ly), adv. In an imposing manner.
Imposingness
(Im*pos"ing*ness), n. The quality of being imposing.
Imposition
(Im`po*si"tion) n. [F., fr. L. impositio the application of a name to a thing. See Impone.]
1. The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like. "From imposition
of strict laws." Milton.
Made more solemn by the imposition of hands.
Hammond. 2. That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined; charge; burden; injunction; tax.
3. (Eng. Univ.) An extra exercise enjoined on students as a punishment. T. Warton.
4. An excessive, arbitrary, or unlawful exaction; hence, a trick or deception put on laid on others; cheating; fraud; delusion; imposture.
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition.
Shak. 5. (Eccl.) The act of laying on the hands as a religious ceremoy, in ordination, confirmation, etc.
6. (Print.) The act or process of imosing pages or columns of type. See Impose, v. t., 4.
Syn. — Deceit; fraud; imposture. See Deception.
Impossibility
(Im*pos`si*bil"i*ty) n.; pl. Impossibilities [L. impossibilitas: cf. F. impossibilité.]
1. The quality of being impossible; impracticability.
They confound difficulty with impossibility.
South. 2. An impossible thing; that which can not be thought, done, or endured.
Impossibilities! O, no, there's none.
Cowley. 3. Inability; helplessness. [R.] Latimer.
Logical impossibility, a condition or statement involving contradiction or absurdity; as, that a thing can
be and not be at the same time. See Principle of Contradiction, under Contradiction.
Impossible
(Im*pos"si*ble) a. [F., fr. L. impossibilis; pref. im- not + possibilis possible. See Possible.]
Not possible; incapable of being done, of existing, etc.; unattainable in the nature of things, or by means
at command; insuperably difficult under the circumstances; absurd or impracticable; not feasible.
With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
Matt. xix. 26.
Without faith it is impossible to please him.
Heb. xi. 6. Impossible quantity (Math.), an imaginary quantity. See Imaginary.
Syn. — See Impracticable.
