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

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.

that excite, or are fitted to excite, love; worthy of love. Elaine the fair, Elaine the lovable, Elaine, the lily maid of Astolat. Tennyson.

An umbelliferous plant (Levisticum officinale), sometimes used in medicine as an aromatic stimulant.

The fold of peritoneum connecting the ovary with the wall of the abdominal cavity.

Having a valence of one; univalent. See Univalent.

Movableness.

y made to change place or posture; susceptible of motion; not fixed or stationary; as, a movable steam engine.

The quality or state of being movable; mobility; susceptibility of motion.

In a movable manner or condition.

tained from the juice of the sugar cane by evaporating and draining off the molasses. Muscovado sugar contains impurities which render it dark colored and moist.

me*dæ [1885]; No"va Au*ri"gæ [1891-92]; No"va Per"se*i [1901]. There are two novæ called Nova Persei. They are:

A variety of siliceous slate, of which hones are made; razor stone; Turkey stone; hone stone; whet slate.

One of the sect of Novatius, or Novatianus, who held that the lapsed might not be received again into communion with the church, and that second marriages are unlawful.

The doctrines or principles of the Novatians. Milner.

Innovation. [Obs.] I shall easily grant that novations in religion are a main cause of distempers in commonwealths. Laud.

An innovator. [Obs.]

Between oblong and ovate, but inclined to the latter.

Obovate.

Inversely ovate; ovate with the narrow end downward; as, an obovate leaf.