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mov⋅a⋅ble

  [moo-vuh-buhl]
Use movable in a Sentence
–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.
Also, moveable.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME mevable, movable < AF movable. See move, -able

Related forms:
mov⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, mov⋅a⋅ble⋅ness, noun
mov⋅a⋅bly, adverb
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mov·a·ble also move·a·ble   (mōō'və-bəl)   
adj.  
  1. Possible to move: a movable stove; a movable rock.
  2. Varying in date from year to year: a movable holiday.
  3. Law Of or relating to personal property that can be moved.
n.  
  1. Something, especially a piece of furniture, that can be moved.
  2. Law Personal property. Often used in the plural.
mov'a·bil'i·ty, mov'a·ble·ness n., mov'a·bly adv.
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Movable

Mov"a*ble\, a. [Cf. OF. movable. See Move.]

1. Capable of being moved, lifted, carried, drawn, turned, or conveyed, or in any way made to change place or posture; susceptible of motion; not fixed or stationary; as, a movable steam engine.

2. Changing from one time to another; as, movable feasts, i. e., church festivals, the date of which varies from year to year.

Movable letter (Heb. Gram.), a letter that is pronounced, as opposed to one that is quiescent.

Movable

Mov"a*ble\, n.; pl. Movables. 1. An article of wares or goods; a commodity; a piece of property not fixed, or not a part of real estate; generally, in the plural, goods; wares; furniture.

Furnished with the most rich and princely movables. --Evelyn.

2. (Rom. Law) Property not attached to the soil.

Note: The word is not convertible with personal property, since rents and similar incidents of the soil which are personal property by our law are immovables by the Roman law. --Wharton.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Main Entry: mov·able
Variant: or move·able /'mü-v&-b&l/
Function: adjective
: capable of being moved

Main Entry: movable
Variant: or moveable
Function: noun
: an item of movable property; also : a right or interest (as a chattel mortgage) in an item of movable property movables> —often used in pl. —compare IMMOVABLE
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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