MOVABLE


Meaning of MOVABLE in English

— movability, movableness , n. — movably , adv.

/mooh"veuh beuhl/ , adj.

1. capable of being moved; not fixed in one place, position, or posture.

2. Law. (of property)

a. not permanent in reference to place; capable of being moved without injury.

b. personal, as distinguished from real.

3. changing from one date to another in different years: a movable holiday.

4. (of type or matrices) able to be rearranged.

n.

5. an article of furniture that is not fixed in place.

6. Often, movables . Law. an article of personal property not attached to land.

Also, moveable .

[ 1350-1400; ME mevable, movable movable. See MOVE, -ABLE ]

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