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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Movable

Mov'a-ble, a.

adjective

(mōōv'a-bl), a. [O. Fr. movable, mou-vable, Pr. movable. See infra]

  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.
  2. Changing from one time to another; as, movable feasts, i. e., church festivals, the time of which varies from year to year.

Movable letter (Heb. Gram.), a letter that is pronounced, as opposed to one that is quiescent.

Mōv'a-ble, n.

noun

n.; pl. MŌV'A-BLES (mōōv'a-blz). An article of wares or goods; a commodity; a piece of property not fixed or real; generally, in the plural, goods; wares; furniture. “A palace furnished with the most rich and princely movables.” Evelyn.