Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IM-PER'ME-A-BLE
IM-PER-ME-A-BIL'I-TYIM-PER'ME-A-BLE-NESS
IM-PER'ME-A-BLE, a. [L. in and permeo; per and meo, to pass.]
Not to be passed through the pores by a fluid. Elastic gum is impermeable to water.
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