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Devisor :: Devisor (n.) One who devises, or gives real estate by will; a testator; -- correlative to devisee..

Executory :: Executory (a.) Designed to be executed or carried into effect in time to come, or to take effect on a future contingency; as, an executory devise, reminder, or estate; an executory contract..

Pageant :: Pageant (n.) An elaborate exhibition devised for the entertainmeut of a distinguished personage, or of the public; a show, spectacle, or display..

Forgery :: Forgery (n.) That which is forged, fabricated, falsely devised, or counterfeited..

Residue :: Residue (n.) That part of a testeator's estate wwhich is not disposed of in his will by particular and special legacies and devises, and which remains after payment of debts and legacies..

Extemporiness :: Extemporiness (n.) The quality of being done or devised extempor.

Devise :: Devise (v. t.) To imagine; to guess.

Devise :: Devise (v. t.) To give by will; -- used of real estate; formerly, also, of chattels..

Fabulous :: Fabulous (a.) Feigned, as a story or fable; related in fable; devised; invented; not real; fictitious; as, a fabulous description; a fabulous hero..

Slate :: Slate (v. t.) A list of candidates, prepared for nomination or for election; a list of candidates, or a programme of action, devised beforehand..

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.

Logarithm :: Logarithm (n.) One of a class of auxiliary numbers, devised by John Napier, of Merchiston, Scotland (1550-1617), to abridge arithmetical calculations, by the use of addition and subtraction in place of multiplication and division..

Concoct :: Concoct (v. t.) To digest in the mind; to devise; to make up; to contrive; to plan; to plot.

Fabricate :: Fabricate (v. t.) To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely; as, to fabricate a lie or story..

Devise :: Devise (n.) Property devised, or given by will..

Whimsical :: Whimsical (a.) Odd or fantastic in appearance; quaintly devised; fantastic.

Devise :: Devise (n.) Device. See Device.

Contriver :: Contriver (n.) One who contrives, devises, plans, or schemas..

Plot :: Plot (v. t.) To plan; to scheme; to devise; to contrive secretly.

Deviser :: Deviser (n.) One who devises.

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