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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Immovable \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.) 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 From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Immovable \Im*mov"a*ble\, n. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: immovable adj : not able or intended to be moved "the immovable hills" [syn: {immoveable}, {stabile}, {unmovable}]
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