Impasse

(definition) by Webster 1913 Fri Feb 18 2005 at 3:18:27

Im"passe (?), n. [F.]

1.

An impassable road or way; a blind alley; cul-de-sac; fig., a position or predicament affording no escape.

The issue from the present impasse will, in all probability, proceed from below, not from above. Arnold White.

© Webster 1913.

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