(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:28:32

In`sur*mount"a*ble (?), a. [Pref. in- not + surmountable: cf. F. insurmountable.]

Incapable of being passed over, surmounted, or overcome; insuperable; as, insurmountable difficulty or obstacle.

Locke.

Hope thinks nothing difficult; despair tells us that difficulty is insurmountable. I. Watts.

Syn. -- Insuperable; impassable; invincible.

 

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