Definition of Moveable

1. Adjective. Capable of being moved or conveyed from one place to another.

Exact synonyms: Movable, Transferable, Transferrable, Transportable
Similar to: Mobile
Derivative terms: Movability, Movableness, Move, Move

Definition of Moveable

1. Adjective. (alternative spelling of movable) ¹

2. Noun. (alternative spelling of movable) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Moveable

1. movable [n -S] - See also: movable

Lexicographical Neighbors of Moveable

move in
move in on
move into
move involuntarily
move it
move on
move one's body
move out
move over
move reflexively
move the goal posts
move the goalposts
move the yardsticks
move through the gears
move up
moveable (current term)
moveable feast
moveables
moveably
moved
moved(p)
moved the yardsticks
moveless
movelessly
movelessness
movelessnesses
movely
movement
movement-related pain
movements

Literary usage of Moveable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Institute of the Law of Scotland: In Four Books : in the Order of Sir ...by John Erskine, George Mackenzie, James Ivory by John Erskine, George Mackenzie, James Ivory (1828)
"Personal bonds bearing interest are moveable as to succession, ... Bond payable to the credi- ditor and his heirs and executor is moveable, 247, 11. ..."

2. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut [1636-1776] by Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly, Connecticut Council, Council of Safety (Conn.)., James Hammond Trumbull, Charles Jeremy Hoadly (1881)
"the debts due from said estate surmount the moveable estate the sum of £25 10.s. 4$d. lawful money, and there being no moveables to pay said debt &c., ..."

3. The Story of Books by Gertrude Burford Rawlings (1902)
"In China and Japan, therefore, the use of moveable types was of short duration. In Europe, however, when the art of printing from moveable types once became ..."

4. A Handbook of the Law of Scotland by James Lorimer (1885)
"It is indispensable, for many legal purposes, that the line by which heritable and moveable property in Scotland are distinguished should be distinctly ..."

5. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1921)
"Thus the moveable property of churches, hospitals, schools, universities, ... Such are the rules regarding moveable public Property property found in enemy ..."

6. The Mechanical Principles of Engineering and Architecture by Henry Moseley, Dennis Hart Mahan (1875)
"A SYSTEM OF ONE FIXED AND ANT NUMBER OP moveable fc PULLEYS. 160. Let there be a system of n moveable pulleys and one fixed pulley combined as ..."

7. The Principles of the Law of Scotland in the Order of Sir G. Mackenzie's by John Erskine, Sir George Mackenzie (1827)
"On the other part, every thing that moves itself, or can be moved, and, in general, whatever is not united to land, is moveable; as household furniture, ..."

8. A Digest of the Criminal Law (crimes and Punishments) by James Fitzjames Stephen (1887)
"PROPERTY IN moveable THINGS. 1A person who has a right as against the world at large to do with or to any moveable thing anything which the law does not ..."

9. An Institute of the Law of Scotland: In Four Books : in the Order of Sir ...by John Erskine, George Mackenzie, James Ivory by John Erskine, George Mackenzie, James Ivory (1828)
"Personal bonds bearing interest are moveable as to succession, ... Bond payable to the credi- ditor and his heirs and executor is moveable, 247, 11. ..."

10. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut [1636-1776] by Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly, Connecticut Council, Council of Safety (Conn.)., James Hammond Trumbull, Charles Jeremy Hoadly (1881)
"the debts due from said estate surmount the moveable estate the sum of £25 10.s. 4$d. lawful money, and there being no moveables to pay said debt &c., ..."

11. The Story of Books by Gertrude Burford Rawlings (1902)
"In China and Japan, therefore, the use of moveable types was of short duration. In Europe, however, when the art of printing from moveable types once became ..."

12. A Handbook of the Law of Scotland by James Lorimer (1885)
"It is indispensable, for many legal purposes, that the line by which heritable and moveable property in Scotland are distinguished should be distinctly ..."

13. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1921)
"Thus the moveable property of churches, hospitals, schools, universities, ... Such are the rules regarding moveable public Property property found in enemy ..."

14. The Mechanical Principles of Engineering and Architecture by Henry Moseley, Dennis Hart Mahan (1875)
"A SYSTEM OF ONE FIXED AND ANT NUMBER OP moveable fc PULLEYS. 160. Let there be a system of n moveable pulleys and one fixed pulley combined as ..."

15. The Principles of the Law of Scotland in the Order of Sir G. Mackenzie's by John Erskine, Sir George Mackenzie (1827)
"On the other part, every thing that moves itself, or can be moved, and, in general, whatever is not united to land, is moveable; as household furniture, ..."

16. A Digest of the Criminal Law (crimes and Punishments) by James Fitzjames Stephen (1887)
"PROPERTY IN moveable THINGS. 1A person who has a right as against the world at large to do with or to any moveable thing anything which the law does not ..."

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