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a. [ Cf. F. amovible. ] Removable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Worthy of being approved; meritorious. -- Ap*prov"a*ble*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

n. Approbation; sanction. [ 1913 Webster ]

A censor . . . without whose approval n&unr_; capital sentences are to be executed. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- See Approbation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Approval. [ Archaic ] Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Supplying need; profitable; advantageous. [ Obs. ] Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. bovata, fr. bos, bovis, ox. ] (O. Eng. Law.) An oxgang, or as much land as an ox can plow in a year; an ancient measure of land, of indefinite quantity, but usually estimated at fifteen acres. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Of or pertaining to or involving the heart and blood vessels; as, cardiovascular conditioning. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. an Italian adventurer (Giovanni Giacomo Casanova; b. 1725; d. 1798) who wrote vivid accounts of his sexual encounters. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. any man noted for his amorous adventures. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

(Math.) See under Oval. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a native or inhabitant of Czechoslovakia; a Czechoslovakian.
Syn. -- Czechoslovakian, Czech. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Sp. cordoban, fr. Cordova, or Cordoba, in Spain. Cf. Cordwain. ] Same as Cordwain. In England the name is applied to leather made from horsehide. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A dark brown substance of vegetable origin, allied to curare, and used by the natives of New Granada as an arrow poison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A poisonous alkaloid extracted from corroval, and characterized by its immediate action in paralyzing the heart. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a statistical measure of the relationship of two variables, formed by multiplying the difference of each variable from its mean, both variables being measured at the same time, and averaging all such products. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. (Higher Alg.) A function involving the coefficients and the variables of a quantic, and such that when the quantic is lineally transformed the same function of the new variables and coefficients shall be equal to the old function multiplied by a factor. An invariant is a like function involving only the coefficients of the quantic. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. adj. Of or pertaining to Czechoslovakia. Since the dissolution of Czechoslovakia into the Czech republic and Slovakia in January 1993, this term no longer refers to any current country.
Syn. -- Czechoslovak, Czech. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the inhabitants of Czechoslovakia or the Czech Republic; as, the Czech population.
Syn. -- Czechoslovak, Czech. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. a native or inhabitant of Czechoslovakia. Since the dissolution of Czechoslovakia into the Czech republic and Slovakia in January 1993, this term no longer refers to a citizen of any current country. The natives of the former Czechoslovakia are now Czechs or Slovaks.
Syn. -- Chechoslovak, Czech. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

{ } a. [ L. decem ten + novem nine. ] Pertaining to the number nineteen; of nineteen years. [ R. ] Holder. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Disapprobation; dislike; censure; adverse judgment. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being disproved or refuted. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Act of disproving; disproof. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. fibra a fiber + E. vascular. ] (Bot.) Containing woody fiber and ducts, as the stems of all flowering plants and ferns; -- opposed to cellular. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gastro- + -vascular. ] (Zool.) Having the structure, or performing the functions, both of digestive and circulatory organs; as, the gastrovascular cavity of cœlenterates. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being immovable; fixedness; steadfastness; as, immovability of a heavy body; immovability of purpose. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Incapable of being moved; firmly fixed; fast; -- used of material things; as, an immovable foundation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Immovable, infixed, and frozen round. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Steadfast; fixed; unalterable; unchangeable; -- used of the mind or will; as, an immovable purpose, or a man who remains immovable. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Not capable of being affected or moved in feeling or by sympathy; unimpressible; impassive. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Law.) Not liable to be removed; permanent in place or tenure; fixed; as, an immovable estate. See Immovable, n. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

Immovable apparatus (Med.), an appliance, like the plaster of paris bandage, which keeps fractured parts firmly in place. --
Immovable feasts (Eccl.), feasts which occur on a certain day of the year and do not depend on the date of Easter; as, Christmas, the Epiphany, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. That which can not be moved. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. (Civil Law) Lands and things adherent thereto by nature, as trees; by the hand of man, as buildings and their accessories; by their destination, as seeds, plants, manure, etc.; or by the objects to which they are applied, as servitudes. Ayliffe. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality of being immovable. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an immovable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being improvable; improvableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Improve. ] 1. Capable of being improved; susceptible of improvement; admitting of being made better; capable of cultivation, or of being advanced in good qualities. [ 1913 Webster ]

Man is accommodated with moral principles, improvable by the exercise of his faculties. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have a fine spread of improvable lands. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Capable of being used to advantage; profitable; serviceable; advantageous. [ 1913 Webster ]

The essays of weaker heads afford improvable hints to better. Sir T. Browne.

-- Im*pro"a*ble*ness, n. -- Im*prov"a*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not amovable or removable. [ R. ] Palgrave. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Innovated p. pr. & vb. n. Innovating ] [ L. innovatus, p. p. of innovare to revew; pref. in- in + novare to make new, fr. novus new. See New. ] 1. To bring in as new; to introduce as a novelty; as, to innovate a word or an act. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To change or alter by introducing something new; to remodel; to revolutionize. [ Archaic ] Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

From his attempts upon the civil power, he proceeds
to innovate God's worship. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To introduce novelties or changes; -- sometimes with in or on. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every man, therefore, is not fit to innovate. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. innovatio; cf. F. innovation. ] 1. The act of innovating; introduction of something new, in customs, rites, commercial products, etc. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A change effected by innovating; a change in customs; something new, and contrary to established customs, manners, or rites. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

The love of things ancient doth argue stayedness, but levity and lack of experience maketh apt unto innovations. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) A newly formed shoot, or the annually produced addition to the stems of many mosses. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who favors innovation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Characterized by, or introducing, innovations. Fitzed. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. innovateur. ] One who innovates. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being irremovable; immovableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not removable; immovable; inflexible. Shak. -- Ir`re*mov"a*bly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. Absence of removal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Incapable of being justly reproved; irreproachable; blameless; upright. -- Ir`re*prov"a*ble*ness, n. -- Ir`re*prov"a*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Heb. usually y&ebreve_;hōvāh (with the vowel points of ădōnāi Lord), sometimes (to avoid repetition) y&ebreve_;hōvih (with the vowel points of &ebreve_;lōhīm God); but only the four Heb, consonants yhvh are conceded to be certainly known. ] A Scripture name of the Supreme Being, by which he was revealed to the Jews as their covenant God or Sovereign of the theocracy; the “ineffable name” of the Supreme Being, which was not pronounced by the Jews. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having qualities that excite, or are fitted to excite, love; worthy of love. [ 1913 Webster ]

Elaine the fair, Elaine the lovable,
Elaine, the lily maid of Astolat. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. livèche, fr. L. levisticum, ligusticum, a plant indigenous to Liguria, lovage, from Ligusticus Ligustine, Ligurian, Liguria a country of Cisalpine Gaul. ] (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant (Levisticum officinale), sometimes used in medicine as an aromatic stimulant. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Meso-, and Ovary. ] (Anat.) The fold of peritoneum connecting the ovary with the wall of the abdominal cavity. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Mono- + L. valens, p. pr. See Valence. ] (Chem.) Having a valence of one; univalent. See Univalent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Movableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ Also spelled moveable. ]
Syn. -- transferable, transferrable, transportable. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Changing from one time to another; as, movable feasts, i. e., church festivals, the date of which varies from year to year. [ 1913 Webster ]

Movable letter (Heb. Gram.), a letter that is pronounced, as opposed to one that is quiescent. --
Movable feast (Ecclesiastical), a holy day that changes date, depending on the lunar cycle. An example of such a day is Easter. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]