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Definitions for Deviser
[1] to contrive, plan, or elaborate; invent from existing principles or ideas: to devise a method.
[2] Law . to assign or transmit (property) by will.
[3] Archaic . to imagine; suppose.
[4] to form a plan; contrive.
[5] Law . the act of disposing of property, especially real property, by will. a will or clause in a will disposing of property, especially real property. the property so disposed of.
[6] to work out, contrive, or plan (something) in one's mind
[7] (tr) law to dispose of (property, esp real property) by will
[8] (tr) obsolete to imagine or guess
[9] a disposition of property by will the property so transmitted Compare bequeath (def. 1)
[10] a will or clause in a will disposing of real property Compare bequest (def. 2)
Words related to Deviser
deviseconcoct, prepare, formulate, create, discover, invent, craft, design, construct, hatch, forge, mastermind, arrange, blueprint, plot, ad-lib, form, improvise, frame, machinate
Words nearby Deviser
devisedevine, deviometer, devious, devisable, devisal, devise, devisee, devisor, devitalize, devitalized, devitalized pulp
Origin of Deviser
1150–1200; (v.) Middle English devisen to inspect, design, compose < Old French deviser < Vulgar Latin *dēvīsāre, for *dīvīsāre, frequentative of Latin dīvidere to divide; (noun) see device
Words that may be confused with Deviser
WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, devisedevice, devise
Other words from Deviser
de·vis·er , noun
pre·de·vise , verb (used with object), pre·de·vised, pre·de·vis·ing.
self-de·vised , adjective
un·de·vised , adjective
well-de·vised , adjective
Word origin for Deviser
C15: from Old French deviser to divide, apportion, intend, from Latin dīvidere to divide
Synonyms for Deviser
architect, author, engineer, fashion designer, inventor, maker, planner, producer, costumier, couturier, fabricator, originator, fashioner