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Capable of being conceived, imagined, or understood. "Any conceivable weight." Bp. Wilkins. It is not conceivable that it should be indeed that very person whose shape and voice it assumed. Atterbury. -- Con*ceiv"a*ble*ness, n. -- Con*ceiv"a*bly, adv.

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. It is inconceivable to me that a spiritual substance should represent an extended figu…

Inconceivable. [Obs.] Locke. -- Un`con*ceiv"a*ble*ness, n. [Obs.] -- Un`con*ceiv"a*bly, adv. [Obs.]

The quality of being cogitable; conceivableness.

Capable of being brought before the mind as a throught or idea; conceivable; thinkable. Creation is cogitable by us only as a putting forth of divine power. Sir W. Hamilton.

Capable of being understood; intelligible; conceivable by the mind. The horizon sets the bounds . . . between what is and what is not comprehensible by us. Locke.

The quality of being conceivable; conceivableness. Cudworth.

Capable of being conceived; conceivable. Sir M. Hale.

Of all things on earth; possible; conceivable. What earthly benefit can be the result Pope.

Capable of being imagined; conceivable. Men sunk into the greatest darkness imaginable. Tillotson. -- Im*ag"i*na*ble*ness, n. -- Im*ag"i*na*bly, adv.

Not apprehensible; unintelligible; inconceivable. Milton.

Not cogitable; inconceivable. Sir T. More.

t capable of being comprehended or understood; beyond the reach of the human intellect; inconceivable. And all her numbered stars that seem to roll Spaces incomprehensible. Milton. -- In*com`pre*hen"si*ble*ness, n. -- In*com`pre*hen"si*bly, adv.

The quality of being inconceivable; inconceivableness. The inconceivability of the Infinite. Mansel.

Inconceivable. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.

Unimaginable; inconceivable. [R.] Bp. Pearson.

Not to be expected; inconceivable. [Obs.] "Inopinable, incredible . . . saings." Latimer.

Incapable of being supposed; not supposable; inconceivable.

sidered independently of anything which it may contain; that which makes extended objects conceivable and possible. Pure space is capable neither of resistance nor motion. Locke.

Not subject to condition or limitations; infinite; absolute; hence, inconceivable; incogitable. Sir W. Hamilton. The unconditioned (Metaph.), all that which is inconceivable and beyond the realm of reason; whatever is inconceivable under logical forms or relations.