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Webster 1913 Edition
Immovable
Im-mov′a-ble
,Adj.
1.
Incapable of being moved; firmly fixed; fast; – used of material things;
as, an
. immovable
foundationImmovable
, infixed, and frozen round. Milton.
2.
Steadfast; fixed; unalterable; unchangeable; – used of the mind or will;
as, an
. immovable
purpose, or a man who remains immovable
3.
Not capable of being affected or moved in feeling or by sympathy; unimpressible; impassive.
Dryden.
4.
(Law.)
Not liable to be removed; permanent in place or tenure; fixed;
as, an
. See immovable
estateImmovable
, Noun.
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
,Noun.
1.
That which can not be moved.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Immovable
IMMOV'ABLE
,Adj.
1.
Not to be moved from a purpose; steadfast; fixed; that cannot be induced to change or alter; as a man who remains immovable.2.
That cannot be altered or shaken; unalterable; unchangeable; as an immovable purpose or resolution.3.
That cannot be affected or moved; not impressible; not susceptible of compassion or tender feelings; unfeeling.4.
Fixed; not liable to be removed; permanent in place; as immovable estate.5.
Not to be shaken or agitated.Definition 2024
immovable
immovable
English
Alternative forms
Adjective
immovable (comparative more immovable, superlative most immovable)
- Incapable of being physically moved; fixed.
- Steadfast in purpose or intention; unalterable, unyielding.
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 101:
- I pleaded with him not to resign, but he was immovable.
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 101:
- Not capable of being affected or moved in feeling; impassive.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)
- (law) Not liable to be removed; permanent in place or tenure; fixed.
- an immovable estate
Antonyms
Translations
incapable of being physically moved
steadfast
Noun
immovable (plural immovables)
- That which can not be moved; something which is immovable.
Translations
That which can not be moved; something which is immovable
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References
- immovable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913