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Webster 1913 Edition


Inconceivable

Inˊcon-ceiv′a-ble

,
Adj.
[Pref.
in-
not +
conceivable
: cf. F.
inconcevable
.]
Not conceivable; incapable of being conceived by the mind; not explicable by the human intellect, or by any known principles or agencies; incomprehensible;
as, it is
inconceivable
to us how the will acts in producing muscular motion
.
Inˊcon-ceiv′a-ble-ness
,
Noun.
Inˊcon-ceiv′a-bly
,
adv.
The
inconceivableness
of a quality existing without any subject to possess it.
A. Tucker.

Webster 1828 Edition


Inconceivable

INCONCE'IVABLE

,
Adj.
[in and conceivable.]
1.
That cannot be conceived by the mind; incomprehensible. It is inconceivable to us, how the will acts in producing muscular motion.
2.
That cannot be understood.

Definition 2024


inconceivable

inconceivable

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inconceivable (comparative more inconceivable, superlative most inconceivable)

  1. unable to be conceived, unbelievable

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