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 ]
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