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Definitions for Undevised
[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 Undevised
deviseconcoct, prepare, formulate, create, discover, invent, craft, design, construct, hatch, forge, mastermind, arrange, blueprint, plot, ad-lib, form, improvise, frame, machinate
Words nearby Undevised
devisedevine, deviometer, devious, devisable, devisal, devise, devisee, devisor, devitalize, devitalized, devitalized pulp
Origin of Undevised
devise1150–1200; (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 Undevised
WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, devisedevice, devise
Other words from Undevised
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 Undevised
deviseC15: from Old French deviser to divide, apportion, intend, from Latin dīvidere to divide
Synonyms for Undevised
accidental, aimless, casual, chance, erratic, extemporaneous, fortuitous, haphazard, inadvertent, involuntary, purposeless, random, unconscious, undesigned, unexpected, unforeseen, unintended, unmeant, unplanned, unpremeditated, unthinking, unthought, unwitting