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The act of putting out of possession; the state of being dispossessed. Bp. Hall.

One who dispossesses. Cowley.

Holding or held formerly in possession. [Obs.]

The quality of being impossible; impracticability. They confound difficulty with impossibility. South.

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 t…

Not possibly. Sir. T. North.

In possibility; possible, although not yet in existence or come to pass; -- contradistinguished from in esse.

int existence; incompatible; inconsistent. [Obs.] Ambition and faith . . . are . . . incompossible. Jer. Taylor. -- In`com*pos`si*bil"i*ty, n. [Obs.]

Any American marsupial of the genera Didelphys and Chironectes. The common species of the United States is Didelphys Virginiana.

To preoccupy, as ground or land; to take previous possession of. Dryden.

ding to invite favor; attracting confidence, favor, esteem, or love; attractive; as, a prepossessing manner. -- Pre`pos*sess"ing*ly, adv.

Preoccupation; prior possession. Hammond.

One who possesses, or occupies, previously. R. Brady.

To possess again; as, to repossess the land. Pope. To repossess one's self of (something), to acquire again (something lost).

The act or the state of possessing again.

Composed or tranquill in mind, manner, etc.; undisturbed.

The possession of one's powers; calmness; self-command; presence of mind; composure.

One who possesses or holds anything subject to the superior of another. Jer. Taylor.

To be without, or to resign, possession of. [Obs.]

Impossibility. [R.] "Utter unpossibility." Poe.