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im⋅mov⋅a⋅ble

[i-moo-vuh-buh

–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.

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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