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Webster 1913 Edition
Movable
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.
2.
Changing from one time to another;
as,
. movable
feasts, i. e., church festivals, the date of which varies from year to yearMov′a-ble
,Noun.
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
.] Furnished with the most rich and princely
movables
. Evelyn.
2.
(Rom. Law)
Property not attached to the soil.
☞ 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Movable
MOVABLE
,Adj.
1.
That may or does change from one time to another; as a movable feast.A movable letter, in Hebrew grammar, is one that is pronounced, as opposed to one that is quiescent.
Definition 2024
movable
movable
English
Alternative forms
Adjective
movable (comparative more movable, superlative most movable)
- 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.
- Changing from one time to another; as, movable feasts, i.e. church festivals, whose date varies from year to year.
Antonyms
Derived terms
- movable letter
Translations
capable of being moved
|
changing from one time to another
Noun
movable (plural movables)
- Something which is movable; 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.
Translations
References
- movable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913