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immoveable

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im⋅mov⋅a⋅ble

[i-moo-vuh-buhl]
–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


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


3. obdurate, inflexible, unbending, adamant.
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