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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
foundation
.
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 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
immovable
estate
. See
Immovable
,
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.
[in and movable.] That cannot be moved from its place; as an immovable foundation.
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)

  1. Incapable of being physically moved; fixed.
  2. 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.
  3. Not capable of being affected or moved in feeling; impassive.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)
  4. (law) Not liable to be removed; permanent in place or tenure; fixed.
    an immovable estate

Antonyms

Translations

Noun

immovable (plural immovables)

  1. That which can not be moved; something which is immovable.

Translations

References

  • immovable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913