movable
English
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Etymology
From Old French movable. Surface etymology is move + -able.
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Adjective
movable (comparative more movable, superlative most movable)
- Capable of being moved, lifted, carried, drawn, turned, or conveyed, or in any way made to change place or posture; not fixed or stationary
- 1902, Henry Billings Brown, The Osceola
- The owners had supplied the vessel with a movable derrick for the purpose of raising the gangways of the vessel when in port, in order to discharge cargo.
- 1902, Henry Billings Brown, The Osceola
- Changing from one time to another
- This feast is movable - its date varies from year to year.
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Derived terms
- movable alphabet
- movable letter
Translations
capable of being moved
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Noun
movable (plural movables)
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References
- movable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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