Lexic.us

Definition of Immobilise

1. Verb. Hold as reserve or withdraw from circulation; of capital.

2. Verb. To hold fast or prevent from moving. "The fighter managed to immobilise his opponent"; "The child was pinned under the fallen tree"

3. Verb. Make defenseless. "The fighter managed to immobilise his opponent"

4. Verb. Convert (assets) into fixed capital.

5. Verb. Prohibit the conversion or use of (assets). "They immobilise the money "; "Freeze the assets of this hostile government"

6. Verb. Cause to be unable to move. "The sudden storm immobilized the traffic"

Definition of Immobilise

1. Verb. (alternative spelling of to immobilize) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Immobilise

1. To render fixed or incapable of moving. Origin: L. In-neg. + mobilis, movable (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Immobilise

immits immittance immittances immitted immitting immix immixable immixed immixes immixing

immixture immixtures immobile immobilisation immobilisations immobilise (current term) immobilised immobilised cell bioreactors immobilised cell biosensor immobilised enzyme

immobiliser immobilisers immobilises immobilising immobilism immobilisms immobilities immobility immobilization immobilizations

Literary usage of Immobilise

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Radionuclide Retention in Geologic Media: Workshop Proceedings, Oskarshamn by Svensk kärnbränslehantering AB., OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (2002)
"This information could be incorporated to make PA models more realistic by considering processes that immobilise (on relevant time-scales) rather than ..."

2. The Clinical Journal (1898)
"... the fact that with ether and chloroform—widely different in power—the chloroform was apt to immobilise definitely, and the ether immobilise for a time. ..."

3. American Observer Medical Monthly (1883)
"He considers in all such cases the probing for the projectile injurious, and our only business is to immobilise the, injured part. ..."

4. Urbanisation in SA Volume 1: Dynamics: South Africa's Challenge by Derik Gelderblom, Pieter Kok (1994)
"A large variety of government measures were taken to immobilise African labourers on ... Despite the attempts of farmers to immobilise their labourers, ..."

5. Migration in South and Southern Africa: Dynamics and Determinants by Pieter Kok (2006)
"The farmers understood the potential impact of their labourers' leaving, hence a number of government measures were adopted to immobilise labourers on white ..."

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