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Webster 1913 Edition

Movable

Mov′a-ble

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

Mov′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.
[from move.] That may be moved; that can or may be lifted, carried, drawn, turned or conveyed, or in any way made to change place or posture; susceptible of motion.
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.

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