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Webster 1913 Edition


Unconceivable

Unˊcon-ceiv′a-ble

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Adj.
Inconceivable.
[Obs.]
Locke.
Unˊcon-ceiv′a-ble-ness
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Noun.
[Obs.]
Unˊcon-ceiv′a-bly
,
adv.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Unconceivable

UNCONCE'IVABLE

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Adj.
Not to be conceived or understood; that cannot be comprehended.
[But inconceivable is chiefly used.]

Definition 2024


unconceivable

unconceivable

English

Adjective

unconceivable (comparative more unconceivable, superlative most unconceivable)

  1. That cannot be conceived; unimaginable; inconceivable.
    • 1880, Charles Dickens, The Letters of Charles Dickens:
      I am now going out in a sleigh (and four) with unconceivable dignity and grandeur; mentioning which reminds me that I am informed by trusty scouts that ---- intends to waylay me at Washington, and may even descend upon me in the train to-morrow.
    • 1903, Jonathan Swift, The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, Vol. VI; The Drapier's Letters:
      The kind liberty granted us of wearing Indian stuffs, and calicoes, to gratify the vanity and folly of our women; which, beside the profit to England, is an unconceivable loss to us; forcing the weavers to beg in our streets, or transport themselves to foreign countries.