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Dictionary

im•mov•a•ble

Pronunciation: (i-mOO'vu-bul), [key]
—adj.
1. incapable of being moved; fixed; stationary.
2. incapable of being influenced by feeling; emotionless: an immovable heart; an immovable tyrant.
3. incapable of being moved from one's purpose, opinion, etc.; steadfast; unyielding.
4. not subject to change; unalterable.
5. not moving; motionless.
6. Law.
a. not liable to be removed, or permanent in place.
b. (of property) real, as distinguished from personal.
7. not changing from one date to another in different years: Christmas is an immovable feast.

—n.
1. something immovable.
2. immovables, Law.lands and the appurtenances thereof, as trees and buildings. Also,im•move'a•ble.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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