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Webster 1913 Edition

Possible

Pos′si-ble

,
Adj.
[F., fr. L.
possibilis
, fr.
posse
to be able, to have power;
potis
able, capable +
esse
to be. See
Potent
,
Am
, and cf.
Host
a landlord.]
Capable of existing or occurring, or of being conceived or thought of; able to happen; capable of being done; not contrary to the nature of things; – sometimes used to express extreme improbability; barely able to be, or to come to pass;
as, possibly he is honest, as it is
possible
that Judas meant no wrong
.
With God all things are
possible
.
Matt. xix. 26.
Syn. – Practicable; likely. See
Practicable
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Possible

POS'SIBLE

,
Adj.
[L. possibilis, from posse. See Power.]
That may be or exist; that may be now, or may happen or come to pass; that may be done; not contrary to the nature of things. It is possible that the Greeks and Turks may now be engaged in battle. It is possible that peace of Europe may continue a century. It is not physically possible that a stream should ascend a mountain, but it is possible that the Supreme Being may suspend a law of nature, that is, his usual course of proceeding. It is not possible that 2 and 3 should be 7, or that the same action should be morally right and morally wrong.
This word when pronounced with a certain emphasis, implies improbability. A thing is possible, but very improbable.

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