IMMOVABLE

immovable, immoveable, stabile, unmovable

(adjective) not able or intended to be moved; “the immovable hills”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

immovable (comparative more immovable, superlative most immovable)

incapable of being physically moved; fixed

steadfast in purpose or intention; unalterable, unyielding

not capable of being affected or moved in feeling; impassive

(law) not liable to be removed; permanent in place or tenure; fixed

Antonyms

• movable

Noun

immovable (plural immovables)

that which can not be moved; something which is immovable

Source: Wiktionary


Im*mov"a*ble, a.

1. Incapable of being moved; firmly fixed; fast; -- used of material things; as, an immovable foundatin. Immovable, infixed, and frozen round. Milton.

2. Steadfast; fixed; unalterable; unchangeable; -- used of the mind or will; as, an immovable purpose, or a man who remain immovable.

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

4. (Law.)

Definition: Not liable to be removed; permanent in place or tenure; fixed; as, an immovable estate. See Immovable, n. Blackstone. 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.

Im*mov"a*ble, n.

1. That which can not be moved.

2. pl. (Civil Law)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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