a. [ Cf. F. amovible. ] Removable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Incapable of being moved; firmly fixed; fast; -- used of material things; as, an immovable foundation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Immovable, infixed, and frozen round. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Steadfast; fixed; unalterable; unchangeable; -- used of the mind or will; as, an immovable purpose, or a man who remains immovable. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Not capable of being affected or moved in feeling or by sympathy; unimpressible; impassive. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Law.) Not liable to be removed; permanent in place or tenure; fixed; as, an immovable estate. See Immovable, n. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

Immovable apparatus (Med.), an appliance, like the plaster of paris bandage, which keeps fractured parts firmly in place. --
Immovable feasts (Eccl.), feasts which occur on a certain day of the year and do not depend on the date of Easter; as, Christmas, the Epiphany, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. That which can not be moved. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. (Civil Law) Lands and things adherent thereto by nature, as trees; by the hand of man, as buildings and their accessories; by their destination, as seeds, plants, manure, etc.; or by the objects to which they are applied, as servitudes. Ayliffe. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality of being immovable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not amovable or removable. [ R. ] Palgrave. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not removable; immovable; inflexible. Shak. -- Ir`re*mov"a*bly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n.; pl. Movables 1. An article of wares or goods; a commodity; a piece of property not fixed, or not a part of real estate; generally, in the plural, goods; wares; furniture. [ Also spelled moveable. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Furnished with the most rich and princely movables. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Rom. Law) Property not attached to the soil. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The word is not convertible with personal property, since rents and similar incidents of the soil which are personal property by our law are immovables by the Roman law. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. OF. movable. See Move. ] 1. Capable of being moved, lifted, carried, drawn, turned, or conveyed, or in any way made to change place or posture; susceptible of motion; not fixed or stationary; as, a movable steam engine. [ Also spelled moveable. ]
Syn. -- transferable, transferrable, transportable. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Changing from one time to another; as, movable feasts, i. e., church festivals, the date of which varies from year to year. [ 1913 Webster ]

Movable letter (Heb. Gram.), a letter that is pronounced, as opposed to one that is quiescent. --
Movable feast (Ecclesiastical), a holy day that changes date, depending on the lunar cycle. An example of such a day is Easter. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. The quality or state of being movable; mobility; susceptibility of motion. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Admitting of being removed. Ayliffe. -- Re*mov`a*bil"i*ty n. [1913 Webster]

a. Immovable. “Steadfast, unmovable.” 1 Cor. xv. 58. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

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