Definition of devised

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Devised (imp. & p. p.) of Devis.

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Pasteurism :: Pasteurism (n.) A method of treatment, devised by Pasteur, for preventing certain diseases, as hydrophobia, by successive inoculations with an attenuated virus of gradually increasing strength..
Devisable :: Devisable (a.) Capable of being devised, invented, or contrived..
Forgery :: Forgery (n.) That which is forged, fabricated, falsely devised, or counterfeited..
Interpleader :: Interpleader (n.) A proceeding devised to enable a person, of whom the same debt, duty, or thing is claimed adversely by two or more parties, to compel them to litigate the right or title between themselves, and thereby to relieve himself from the suits which they might otherwise bring against him..
Whimsical :: Whimsical (a.) Odd or fantastic in appearance; quaintly devised; fantastic.
Pageant :: Pageant (n.) An elaborate exhibition devised for the entertainmeut of a distinguished personage, or of the public; a show, spectacle, or display..
Extemporiness :: Extemporiness (n.) The quality of being done or devised extempor.
Gyroscope :: Gyroscope (n.) A rotating wheel, mounted in a ring or rings, for illustrating the dynamics of rotating bodies, the composition of rotations, etc. It was devised by Professor W. R. Johnson, in 1832, by whom it was called the rotascope..
Contrivble :: Contrivble (a.) Capable of being contrived, planned, invented, or devised..
Devise :: Devise (n.) Property devised, or given by will..
Devised :: Devised (imp. & p. p.) of Devis.
Politic :: Politic (a.) Pertaining to, or promoting, a policy, especially a national policy; well-devised; adapted to its end, whether right or wrong; -- said of things; as, a politic treaty..
Pantisocracy :: Pantisocracy (n.) A Utopian community, in which all should rule equally, such as was devised by Coleridge, Lovell, and Southey, in their younger days..
Expedient :: Expedient (n.) Means devised in an exigency; shift.
Intestate :: Intestate (a.) Not devised or bequeathed; not disposed of by will; as, an intestate estate..
Self-devised :: Self-devised (a.) Devised by one's self.
Haemoscope :: Haemoscope (n.) An instrument devised by Hermann, for regulating and measuring the thickness of a layer of blood for spectroscopic examination..
Trust :: Trust (n.) An estate devised or granted in confidence that the devisee or grantee shall convey it, or dispose of the profits, at the will, or for the benefit, of another; an estate held for the use of another; a confidence respecting property reposed in one person, who is termed the trustee, for the benefit of another, who is called the cestui que trust..
Heliometer :: Heliometer (n.) An instrument devised originally for measuring the diameter of the sun; now employed for delicate measurements of the distance and relative direction of two stars too far apart to be easily measured in the field of view of an ordinary telescope.
Voltaic :: Voltaic (a.) Of or pertaining to Alessandro Volta, who first devised apparatus for developing electric currents by chemical action, and established this branch of electric science; discovered by Volta; as, voltaic electricity..
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