devisable
Variant of devise
devise
Definition
de·vise (di vīz′)
transitive verb, intransitive verb devised -·vised′, devising -·vis′·ing
- to work out or create (something) by thinking; contrive; plan; invent
- Law to bequeath (real property) by will
- Archaic to make secret plans for; plot
- Obsolete to guess or imagine
Etymology: ME devisen < OFr deviser, to distribute, direct, regulate, talk < VL *divisare < L divisus, pp. of dividere: see divide
noun
- a gift of real property by will
- a will, or clause in a will, granting such a gift
- the property so granted
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