different between immovable vs rooted

English

Alternative forms

• immoveable

Etymology

From Middle English, equivalent to im- +? movable.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??mu?v?b(?)l/

Adjective

immovable (comparative more immovable, superlative most immovable)

1. incapable of being physically moved; fixed
2. steadfast in purpose or intention; unalterable, unyielding
   • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 101:

     I pleaded with him not to resign, but he was immovable.

3. not capable of being affected or moved in feeling; impassive
   • 1690, John Dryden, Epistle Dedicatory to Don Sebastian

     How much happier is he […] who ent'ring on himself remains immovable, and smiles at the madness of the Dance

4. (law) not liable to be removed; permanent in place or tenure; fixed

Antonyms

• movable

Related terms

Translations

Noun

immovable (plural immovables)

1. that which can not be moved; something which is immovable

Translations

References

• immovable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??u?t?d/, /??t?d/
• Homophone: routed (some pronunciations)

Adjective

rooted (comparative more rooted, superlative most rooted)

1. Having roots, or certain type of roots.

2. Fixed in one position; immobile; unable to move.

   She stayed rooted in place.

   • 2002, Peter Loizos, Chapter Two: Misconceiving refugees?, Renos K. Papadopoulos (editor), Therapeutic Care for Refugees: No Place Like Home, page 54,

     Those with fewest attachments or obligations may be most vulnerable to transitions from a more rooted life, before flight, to the new as-yet unrooted or uprooted life.
3. (figuratively) Ingrained, as through repeated use; entrenched; habitual or instinctive.
   • 1782 May, Isaac Kimber, Edward Kimber (editors), The Link-Boy, The London Magazine, or, Gentleman?s Monthly Intelligencer, Volume 51, page 205,

     He will immediately break in on their mo?t rooted prejudices ; and with a kind of malignant ?atisfaction hack their darling notions with un?paring rigour and unblu?hing in?olence.

   • 1985, Anthony Hyman, Charles Babbage: Pioneer Of The Computer, page 32,

     The greater part of his property he has acquired himself during years of industry ; but with it he has acquired the most rooted habits of suspicion.

   • 2011, William P. Ryan, Working from the Heart: A Therapist?s Guide to Heart-Centered Psychotherapy, page 47,

     With other experiences added on top, the feeling state becomes more entrenched, more rooted.

4. (figuratively, usually with "in") Having a basic or fundamental connection (to a thing); based, originating (from).
   • 1979, Edward Digby Baltzell, Puritan Boston and Quaker Philadelphia, page 280,

     Proper Philadelphians, especially before they became Episcopalians, and the unfashionable branches of their families to this day are surely more rooted in Westtown than St. Paul?s, the fashionable favorite.

   • 1997, William E. Reiser, To Hear God?s Word, Listen to the World: The Liberation of Spirituality, page 12,

     For what is gradually taking hold, I think, is a way of drawing near to God that is far more rooted in history and far more rooted in the gospel than we have been accustomed to.

   • 2008, Michael Allen Gillespie, The Theological Origins of Modernity, page 93,

     This form of humanism posed a greater danger to the monks and clerics than Italian humanism because it was less extravagant, less pagan, and more rooted in an ideal of Christian charity that the church at least nominally shared.

5. (mathematics, graph theory, of a tree or graph) Having a root.
6. (slang) In trouble or in strife, screwed.

   I am absolutely rooted if Ferris finds out about this

7. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Broken, damaged, non-functional.

   I'm going to have to call a mechanic, my car's rooted.

8. (computing, not comparable) Having a root (superuser) account that has been compromised.

   You are rooted. All your base are belong to us.

Derived terms

• rootedly
• rootedness
• unrooted

Translations

Verb

rooted

1. simple past tense and past participle of root