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Found 4 hits - Term: moveable, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
movable \mov"able\, 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.
        1913 webster

   2. changing from one time to another; as, movable feasts, i.
      e., church festivals, the date of which varies from year
      to year.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster +pjc
see also:
move moveable movable letter movable feast easter 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
movable \mov"able\, 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.
      1913 webster

            furnished with the most rich and princely movables.
                                                  --evelyn.
      1913 webster

   2. rom. law property not attached to the soil.
      1913 webster

   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.
         1913 webster
see also:
movables moveable 
[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
moveable \moveable\ adj.
   movable.

   syn: syn. --, transferable, transferrable, transportable.
        wordnet 1.5

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
moveable
     adj : capable of being moved or conveyed from one place to another
           syn: movable, transferable, transferrable, transportable
see also:
movable transferable transferrable transportable 

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Moveable >> M Words
Moveable, definition of term: Moveable
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Moveable Feast >> M Words
Moveable Feast, definition of term: Moveable Feast
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