Moveable

4 definitions found

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

  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. [Also spelled {moveable}.]
  


     Syn: transferable, transferrable, transportable.
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     2. Changing from one time to another; as, movable feasts, i.
        e., church festivals, the date of which varies from year
        to year.
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     {Movable letter} (Heb. Gram.), a letter that is pronounced,
        as opposed to one that is quiescent.
  
     {Movable feast} (Ecclesiastical), a holy day that changes
        date, depending on the lunar cycle. An example of such a
        day is {Easter}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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. [Also
        spelled {moveable}.]
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              Furnished with the most rich and princely movables.
                                                    --Evelyn.
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     2. (Rom. Law) Property not attached to the soil.
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     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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  moveable \moveable\ adj.
     movable.
  
     Syn: Syn. --, transferable, transferrable, transportable.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  moveable
       adj : capable of being moved or conveyed from one place to another
             [syn: {movable}, {transferable}, {transferrable}, {transportable}]