† imperˈtransible, a. Obs.
[f. im-2 + med.L. pertransibilis, f. pertransīre, f. per through + transīre to cross, pass over or through.]
That cannot be passed through or crossed. Hence † impertransiˈbility.
| 1677 Gale Crt. Gentiles iv. 227 What is infinite is incomprehensible and impertransible; as also adverse to al order, for in infinites there is no first or last. Ibid. 432 The distance between the power and act is, as to efficience, infinite and impertransible by any finite power. 1677 Hale Prim. Orig. Man. i. iv. 110 The Impertransibility of Eternity. |