Thesaurus: immovable

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1. a. Incapable of being moved; firmly fixed; fast; -- used of material things; as, an immovable foundatin.
2. a. Steadfast; fixed; unalterable; unchangeable; -- used of the mind or will; as, an immovable purpose, or a man who remain immovable.
3. a. Not capable of being affected or moved in feeling or by sympathy; unimpressible; impassive.
4. a. Not liable to be removed; permanent in place or tenure; fixed; as, an immovable estate. See Immovable, n.
5. n. That which can not be moved.
6. n. Lands and things adherent thereto by nature, as trees; by the hand of man, as buildings and their accessories; by their destination, as seeds, plants, manure, etc.; or by the objects to which they are applied, as servitudes.
7. adj. not able or intended to be moved
8. n. property consisting of houses and land
9. 1. Incapable of being moved; firmly fixed; fast; -- used of material things; as, an immovable foundatin. Immovable, infixed, and frozen round. Milton. 2. Steadfast; fixed; unalterable; unchangeable; -- used of the mind or will; as, an immovable purpose, or a man who remain immovable. 3. Not capable of being affected or moved in feeling or by sympathy; unimpressible; impassive. Dryden. 4. (Law.) Not liable to be removed; permanent in place or tenure; fixed; as, an immovable estate. See Immovable, n. Blackstone. Immovable apparatus (Med.), an appliance, like the plaster of paris bandage, which keeps fractured parts firmly in place. -- Immovable feasts (Eccl.), feasts which occur on a certain day of the year and do not depend on the date of Easter; as, Christmas, the Epiphany, etc. 1. That which can not be moved. 2. pl. (Civil Law) Lands and things adherent thereto by nature, as trees; by the hand of man, as buildings and their accessories; by their destination, as seeds, plants, manure, etc.; or by the objects to which they are applied, as servitudes. Ayliffe. Bouvier.
10. Not liable to be removed; permanent in place or tenure; fixed;as, an immovable estate. See Immovable, n. Blackstone. Immovableapparatus (Med.), an appliance, like the plaster of paris bandage,which keeps fractured parts firmly in place.-- Immovable feasts (Eccl.), feasts which occur on a certain day ofthe year and do not depend on the date of Easter; as, Christmas, theEpiphany, etc.
11. j:100 s. not able or intended to be moved