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devisable

[ dih-vahy-zuh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. capable of being devised, invented, or contrived.
  2. Law. capable of being transferred.


devisable

/ dɪˈvaɪzəbəl /

adjective

  1. law (of property, esp realty) capable of being transferred by will
  2. able to be invented, contrived, or devised
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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  • unde·visa·ble adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of devisable1

1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French: assignable by will, Old French: that which may be divided, equivalent to devis ( er ) ( devise ) + -able -able
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Example Sentences

When once any soul is truly enlightened, it cannot but put forth every devisable effort to compel the attention of others.

True liberty is not to be virtually secured by any framework of rules and limitations, devisable only by statecraft.

Stolberg offers him the favorablest terms devisable: "Withdraw freely, with all your honors, all your properties; only withdraw!"

More, he even proceeded to blows and other practical brutality of a sort only devisable by a mean and ugly nature.

It is impossible to conceive that any devisable set of conditions would in the end have served Poe better.

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