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immovable adjective & noun. Also (now the usual form in Law) immoveable. LME.
[from IM-2 + MOVABLE.]
A. adjective.
Unable to be moved; incapable of movement; motionless, stationary. LME.
D. Brewster The sun stood immovable in the centre of the universe.
fig. Unalterable, fixed; (of a person) steadfast, unyielding; emotionless, impassive. LME.
immovable feast: see FEAST noun.
H. Belloc The young man..lives in a static world. For him things are immovable. J. Buchan There was a mild and immovable fanaticism in his pale eyes.
Law. Of property: not liable to be removed, permanent (as land, buildings, etc.). LME.
b. noun. Law. Immovable property. Usu. in pl. L16.
immova'bility noun LME.
immovableness noun E17.
immovably adverb LME.