Immovable

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Immovable \Im*mov"a*ble\, a.
     1. Incapable of being moved; firmly fixed; fast; -- used of
        material things; as, an immovable foundation.
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              Immovable, infixed, and frozen round. --Milton.


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     2. Steadfast; fixed; unalterable; unchangeable; -- used of
        the mind or will; as, an immovable purpose, or a man who
        remains immovable.
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     3. Not capable of being affected or moved in feeling or by
        sympathy; unimpressible; impassive. --Dryden.
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     4. (Law.) Not liable to be removed; permanent in place or
        tenure; fixed; as, an immovable estate. See {Immovable},
        n. --Blackstone.
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     {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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Immovable \Im*mov"a*ble\, n.
     1. That which can not be moved.
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     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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  immovable
       adj : not able or intended to be moved; "the immovable hills"
             [syn: {immoveable}, {stabile}, {unmovable}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  143 Moby Thesaurus words for "immovable":
     adamant, adamantine, affectless, anchored, anesthetized, arctic,
     at a standstill, autistic, blunt, cast-iron, catatonic, chill,
     chilly, cold, cold as charity, cold-blooded, coldhearted, constant,
     cool, determined, dispassionate, dogged, dour, drugged, dull,
     emotionally dead, emotionless, fast, firm, fixed, flinty, frigid,
     frosted, frosty, frozen, grim, hard, hard-core, heartless, icy,
     immobile, immotile, immotive, immutable, impassible, impassive,
     implacable, impliable, inalterable, inductile, inelastic,
     inexcitable, inexorable, inextensible, inextensile, inextensional,
     inflexible, insusceptible, intractable, intractile, intransigent,
     invariable, iron, irreconcilable, irremovable, irresilient, loyal,
     motionless, nonelastic, nonemotional, nonstretchable, obdurate,
     objective, obtuse, out of touch, passionless, pat, relentless,
     resolute, rigid, rigorous, riveted, rock-ribbed, rooted,
     self-absorbed, set, settled, sot, soulless, spiritless, stable,
     standpat, stationary, staunch, steadfast, steady, steely, stern,
     stiff, stony, stubborn, stuck, true, unaffected, unaffectionate,
     unalterable, unbending, unchangeable, uncompromising,
     undeflectable, unemotional, unextendible, unextensible, unfeeling,
     unflappable, unflexible, unflinching, ungiving, unimpassioned,
     unimpressionable, unlimber, unloving, unmalleable, unmodifiable,
     unmovable, unmoved, unmoving, unpassionate, unpliable, unpliant,
     unrelenting, unresponding, unresponsive, unshakable, unshakeable,
     unshaken, unsusceptible, unswerving, unsympathetic, untouchable,
     untractable, unwavering, unyielding