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.

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.

&fist; 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.