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movable

 [moo-vuh-buhl]   Origin

mov·a·ble

   [moo-vuh-buhl]
adjective
1.
capable of being moved; not fixed in one place, position, or posture.
2.
Law. (of property)
a.
not permanent in reference to place; capable of being moved without injury.
b.
personal, as distinguished from real.
3.
changing from one date to another in different years: a movable holiday.
4.
(of type or matrices) able to be rearranged.
noun
5.
an article of furniture that is not fixed in place.
6.
Often, movables. Law. an article of personal property not attached to land.

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Also, moveable.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English mevable, movable < Anglo-French movable. See move, -able

Related forms
mov·a·bil·i·ty, mov·a·ble·ness, noun
mov·a·bly, adverb
non·mov·a·bil·i·ty, noun
non·mov·a·ble, adjective
non·mov·a·ble·ness, noun
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non·mov·a·b·ly, adverb
un·mov·a·ble, adjective
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movable or moveable (ˈmuːvəbəl)
 
—adj
1.  able to be moved or rearranged; not fixed
2.  (esp of religious festivals such as Easter) varying in date from year to year
3.  ( usually spelt moveable ) law denoting or relating to personal property as opposed to realty
4.  printing (of type) cast singly so that each character is on a separate piece of type suitable for composition by hand, as founder's type
 
—n
5.  (often plural) a movable article, esp a piece of furniture
 
moveable or moveable
 
—adj
 
—n
 
mova'bility or moveable
 
—n
 
'movableness or moveable
 
—n
 
'movably or moveable
 
—adv

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movable
also moveable, late 14c., from O.Fr. movable, from moveir (see move). A moveable feast (early 15c.) is one in the Church calendar which, though always on the same day of the week, varies its date from year to year.
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