IPA(key): /dɪˈvaɪzd/ Hyphenation: de‧vised <span class="searchmatch">devised</span> simple past and past participle of <span class="searchmatch">devise</span> undevised devides...
participle <span class="searchmatch">devising</span>, simple past and past participle <span class="searchmatch">devised</span>) (transitive) To use one’s intellect to plan or design (something). to <span class="searchmatch">devise</span> an argument;...
From <span class="searchmatch">devise</span> + -er. Rhymes: -aɪzə(ɹ) <span class="searchmatch">deviser</span> (plural <span class="searchmatch">devisers</span>) A person who <span class="searchmatch">devises</span> something; a planner or inventor. <span class="searchmatch">devisor</span> derives, dervise, diverse...
See also: <span class="searchmatch">devise</span> and <span class="searchmatch">devisé</span> German Wikipedia has an article on: <span class="searchmatch">Devise</span> Wikipedia de Borrowed from French <span class="searchmatch">devise</span>. (This etymology is missing or incomplete...
residuary <span class="searchmatch">devise</span> (plural residuary <span class="searchmatch">devises</span>) (law) The person to whom the residue of real estate is <span class="searchmatch">devised</span> by a will....
See also: <span class="searchmatch">devisés</span> <span class="searchmatch">devises</span> plural of <span class="searchmatch">devise</span> <span class="searchmatch">devises</span> third-person singular simple present indicative of <span class="searchmatch">devise</span> <span class="searchmatch">devises</span> f plural of <span class="searchmatch">devise</span> <span class="searchmatch">devises</span> second-person...
<span class="searchmatch">devising</span> (countable and uncountable, plural <span class="searchmatch">devisings</span>) the act of creating a plan or some object, especially a will 1965, A. R. Ammons, Tape for the Turn...
See also: <span class="searchmatch">devise</span> and <span class="searchmatch">Devise</span> <span class="searchmatch">devisé</span> (feminine devisée, masculine plural <span class="searchmatch">devisés</span>, feminine plural <span class="searchmatch">devisées</span>) past participle of <span class="searchmatch">deviser</span> <span class="searchmatch">devisé</span> first-person...
From <span class="searchmatch">devise</span> + -able. <span class="searchmatch">devisable</span> (comparative more <span class="searchmatch">devisable</span>, superlative most <span class="searchmatch">devisable</span>) That can be <span class="searchmatch">devised</span> or invented. Capable of being bequeathed...
it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Rhymes: -aɪzə(ɹ) <span class="searchmatch">devisor</span> (plural <span class="searchmatch">devisors</span>) (law) A testator. <span class="searchmatch">devise</span> <span class="searchmatch">deviser</span> devoirs, visored, voiders...