Im*mor"tal*ize, v. i. To become immortal. [R.]

Im*mor"tal*ly, adv. In an immortal manner.

Im`mor*telle" (?), n.; pl. Immortelles (#). [F. See Immortal.] (Bot.) A

plant with a conspicuous, dry, unwithering involucre, as the species of

Antennaria, Helichrysum, Gomphrena, etc. See Everlasting.

Im*mor`ti*fi*ca"tion (?), n. Failure to mortify the passions. [R.] Jer.

Taylor.

Im*mov"a*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality or state of being immovable;

fixedness; steadfastness; as, immovability of a heavy body;

immovability of purpose.

Im*mov"a*ble (?), a. 1. Incapable of being moved; firmly fixed; fast;

-- used of material things; as, an immovable foundation.

Immovable, infixed, and frozen round.

Milton.

2. Steadfast; fixed; unalterable; unchangeable; -- used of the mind or

will; as, an immovable purpose, or a man who remains immovable.

3. Not capable of being affected or moved in feeling or by sympathy;

unimpressible; impassive. Dryden.

4. (Law.) Not liable to be removed; permanent in place or tenure;

fixed; as, an immovable estate. See Immovable, n. Blackstone.

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.

Im*mov"a*ble, n. 1. That which can not be moved.

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.

Im*mov"a*ble*ness, n. Quality of being immovable.

Im*mov"a*bly, adv. In an immovable manner.

Im*mund" (?), a. [L. immundus; pref. im- not + mundus clean.] Unclean.

[R.] Burton.

Im`mun*dic"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. immondicité, L. immunditia,

immundities.] Uncleanness; filthiness. [R.] W. Montagu.

Im*mune" (?), a. [L. immunis. See Immunity.] Exempt; protected by

inoculation. -- Im*mu"nize (#), v. t.

Im*mu"ni*ty (?), n.; pl. Immunities (#). [L. immunitas, fr. immunis

free from a public service; pref. im- not + munis complaisant,

obliging, cf. munus service, duty: cf. F. immunité. See Common, and cf.

Mean, a.] 1. Freedom or exemption from any charge, duty, obligation,

office, tax, imposition, penalty, or service; a particular privilege;

as, the immunities of the free cities of Germany; the immunities of the

clergy.

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