Found 4 hits - Term: immovable, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
immovable \immov"able\, a.
1. incapable of being moved; firmly fixed; fast; -- used of
material things; as, an immovable foundation.
1913 webster
immovable, infixed, and frozen round. --milton.
1913 webster
2. steadfast; fixed; unalterable; unchangeable; -- used of
the mind or will; as, an immovable purpose, or a man who
remains immovable.
1913 webster
3. not capable of being affected or moved in feeling or by
sympathy; unimpressible; impassive. --dryden.
1913 webster
4. law. not liable to be removed; permanent in place or
tenure; fixed; as, an immovable estate. see immovable,
n. --blackstone.
1913 webster
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.
1913 webster
see also:
immovable immovable apparatus immovable feasts
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
immovable \immov"able\, n.
1. that which can not be moved.
1913 webster
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.
1913 webster
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
immovable
adj : not able or intended to be moved; "the immovable hills"
syn: immoveable, stabile, unmovable
see also:
immoveable stabile unmovable
- [4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
Results 1 - 1 of 1 found about immovable: Immovable
>> I Words
Immovable, definition of term: Immovable
immovable_pag1.html
Last accessed:2008/07/09 04:39:36 [Total processing time: 0 seconds] |