Pos"si*ble (?), a. [F., fr. L.
possibilis, fr. posse to be able, to have power;
potis able, capable + esse to be. See Potent,
Am, and cf. Host a landlord.] Capable of existing
or occurring, or of being conceived or thought of; able to happen;
capable of being done; not contrary to the nature of things; --
sometimes used to express extreme improbability; barely able to be, or
to come to pass; as, possibly he is honest, as it is possible
that Judas meant no wrong.
With God all things are possible.
Matt. xix. 26.
Syn. -- Practicable; likely. See Practicable.
