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Immovableness - 3 dictionary results

im⋅mov⋅a⋅ble

  [i-moo-vuh-buhl]
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–adjective
1. incapable of being moved; fixed; stationary.
2. incapable of being influenced by feeling; emotionless: an immovable heart; an immovable tyrant.
3. incapable of being moved from one's purpose, opinion, etc.; steadfast; unyielding.
4. not subject to change; unalterable.
5. not moving; motionless.
6. Law.
a. not liable to be removed, or permanent in place.
b. (of property) real, as distinguished from personal.
7. not changing from one date to another in different years: Christmas is an immovable feast.
–noun
8. something immovable.
9. immovables, Law. lands and the appurtenances thereof, as trees and buildings.
Also, im⋅move⋅a⋅ble.

Origin:
1325–75; ME immevable, immovable; see im- 2 , movable

Related forms:
im⋅mov⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, im⋅mov⋅a⋅ble⋅ness, noun
im⋅mov⋅a⋅bly, adverb

Synonyms:
3. obdurate, inflexible, unbending, adamant.
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im·mov·a·ble   (ĭ-mōō'və-bəl)   
adj.  
    1. Impossible to move.
    2. Incapable of movement.
  2. Impossible to alter: immovable plans.
  3. Unyielding in principle, purpose, or adherence; steadfast.
  4. Incapable of being moved emotionally.
  5. Law Not liable to be removed; permanent: immovable property.
n.  
  1. One that cannot move or be moved.
  2. Law Property that cannot be moved; real property. Often used in the plural.
im·mov'a·bil'i·ty, im·mov'a·ble·ness n., im·mov'a·bly adv.
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Immovableness

Im*mov"a*ble*ness\, n. Quality of being immovable.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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