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  • 21immovable — adjective 1) lock your bike to something immovable Syn: fixed, secure, stable, moored, anchored, rooted, braced, set firm, set fast; stuck, jammed, stiff, unbudgeable, four square Ant …

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  • 22immovable — im•mov•a•ble or im•move•a•ble [[t]ɪˈmu və bəl[/t]] adj. 1) incapable of being moved 2) unaffected by feeling: an immovable heart[/ex] 3) implacable; unyielding 4) motionless 5) not changing from one date to another in different years: Christmas… …

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  • 23immovable — adj. & n. (also immoveable) adj. 1 that cannot be moved. 2 steadfast, unyielding. 3 emotionless. 4 not subject to change (immovable law). 5 motionless. 6 Law (of property) consisting of land, houses, etc. n. (in pl.) Law immovable property.… …

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  • 24immovable — 1. adjective /ɪˈmuːvəb(ə)l/ a) Incapable of being physically moved; fixed. I pleaded with him not to resign, but he was immovable. b) Steadfast in purpose or intention; unalterable, unyielding. Ant …

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  • 25immovable — im|mo|va|ble [ıˈmu:vəbəl] adj 1.) impossible to move ▪ Lock your bike to something immovable like a railing or lamp post. 2.) impossible to change or persuade ▪ The president is immovable on this issue. >immovably adv …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 26immovable — adjective 1 impossible to move: Lock your bike to something immovable like a railing or lamp post. 2 impossible to change or persuade: The president is immovable on this issue. immovably adverb …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 27immovable feast — Feast Feast (f[=e]st), n. [OE. feste festival, holiday, feast, OF. feste festival, F. f[^e]te, fr. L. festum, pl. festa, fr. festus joyful, festal; of uncertain origin. Cf. {Fair}, n., {Festal}, {F[^e]te}.] 1. A festival; a holiday; a solemn, or… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 28Immovable Feasts —    Those Feasts of the Church which always occur on the same date such as Christmas Day, Feast of the Epiphany, etc. As some of the Feasts, such as Ascension Day, Whitsun Day, etc., are movable depending on the time Easter is kept. Tables and… …

    American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  • 29immovable — (also immoveable) adjective not able to be moved or changed. ↘Law (of property) consisting of land, buildings, or other permanent items. noun (immovables) Law immovable property. Derivatives immovability noun immovably adverb …

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  • 30immovable — I. adjective Date: 14th century 1. incapable of being moved; broadly not moving or not intended to be moved 2. a. steadfast, unyielding b. not capable of being moved emotionally • immovability noun • immovableness n …

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