- 1. a. Incapable of being moved; firmly fixed; fast; -- used of material things; as, an immovable foundatin. Source: opted
- 2. a. Steadfast; fixed; unalterable; unchangeable; -- used of the mind or will; as, an immovable purpose, or a man who remain immovable. Source: opted
- 3. a. Not capable of being affected or moved in feeling or by sympathy; unimpressible; impassive. Source: opted
- 4. a. Not liable to be removed; permanent in place or tenure; fixed; as, an immovable estate. See Immovable, n. Source: opted
- 5. n. That which can not be moved. Source: opted
- 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. Source: opted
- 7. adj. not able or intended to be moved Source: wordnet
- 8. n. property consisting of houses and land Source: wordnet
- 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. Source: webster
- 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. Source: adambom
- 11. j:100 s. not able or intended to be moved Source: ecdict
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