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De - Pt| English Dictionary: 'Movable | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Movable \Mov"a*ble\, 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. 2. Changing from one time to another; as, movable feasts, i. e., church festivals, the date of which varies from year to year. {Movable letter} (Heb. Gram.), a letter that is pronounced, as opposed to one that is quiescent. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Movable \Mov"a*ble\, 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. Furnished with the most rich and princely movables. --Evelyn. 2. (Rom. Law) Property not attached to the soil. 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. | |
