Definition for IM-PAS'SI-BLE

IM-PAS'SI-BLE, a. [Fr. impassible; Sp. impasible; L. impassibilis, from passus, patior, to suffer.]

Incapable of pain, passion or suffering; that can not be affected with pain or uneasiness. Whatever is destitute of sensation is impassible. Though naked and impassible, depart. Dryden.

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