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Showing words for DEVISING using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Devising

devising

7 Letter Words for Devising

dingies, divines, divings, indiges, invised, sieving, viseing

6 Letter Words for Devising

deigns, deisin, design, dieing, dinges, divies, divine, diving, divise, givens, indies, inside, sdeign, siding, signed, singed, vendis, vising

5 Letter Words for Devising

deign, digne, dines, dinge, dings, dives, divis, genii, gived, given, gives, givin, gnide, ignis, indie, indiv, ivied, ivies, nevis, nides, nidge, nisei, sdein, segni, sengi, sined, singe, snide, veins, vends, vined, vines, vised, visie, visne

4 Letter Words for Devising

deis, deni, dens, desi, devi, devs, dies, digs, dine, ding, dins, dive, divi, divs, ends, engs, geds, gein, gens, gids, gied, gien, gies, gins, gise, give, ides, inde, isdn, ised, ivin, neds, negs, nevi, nide, nidi, nids, nied, nies, nisi, send, side, sidi, sien, sign, sind, sine, sing, sned, snig, vein, vend, vide, vids, vied, vies, vigs, vine, vins, vise

3 Letter Words for Devising

deg, dei, den, des, dev, die, dig, din, dis, div, eds, end, eng, ens, env, esd, evg, gds, ged, gen, gid, gie, gin, gis, gns, ide, ids, ign, ind, ing, ins, inv, ise, isn, ive, ned, neg, nei, nid, nie, nig, nis, sed, seg, sei, sen, sgd, sie, sig, sin, veg, vei, vid, vie, vig, vii, vin, vis

Definitions for Devising

[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 Devising

deviseconcoct, prepare, formulate, create, discover, invent, craft, design, construct, hatch, forge, mastermind, arrange, blueprint, plot, ad-lib, form, improvise, frame, machinate

Words nearby Devising

devisedevine, deviometer, devious, devisable, devisal, devise, devisee, devisor, devitalize, devitalized, devitalized pulp

Origin of Devising

e1150–1200; (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 Devising

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, devisedevice, devise

Other words from Devising

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 Devising

eC15: from Old French deviser to divide, apportion, intend, from Latin dīvidere to divide

Synonyms for Devising

arrange, come up with, concoct, construct, craft, create, design, discover, forge, formulate, hatch, invent, mastermind, prepare, work out, ad-lib, blueprint, brainstorm, cast, chart, cogitate, contrive, form, frame, imagine, improvise, intrigue, machinate, plan, plot, project, scheme, shape, spark, vamp, cook up, dope out, fake it, get off, head trip, make up, play it by ear, think up, throw together, trump up, whip up