Definition of devise

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

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Pageant :: Pageant (n.) An elaborate exhibition devised for the entertainmeut of a distinguished personage, or of the public; a show, spectacle, or display..
Fudge :: Fudge (v. t.) To make up; to devise; to contrive; to fabricate.
Testable :: Testable (a.) Capable of being devised, or given by will..
Whimsical :: Whimsical (a.) Odd or fantastic in appearance; quaintly devised; fantastic.
Deviser :: Deviser (n.) One who devises.
Devise :: Devise (n.) A will or testament, conveying real estate; the clause of a will making a gift of real property..
Pasteurization :: Pasteurization (n.) A process devised by Pasteur for preventing or checking fermentation in fluids, such as wines, milk, etc., by exposure to a temperature of 140ยก F., thus destroying the vitality of the contained germs or ferments..
Devisable :: Devisable (a.) Capable of being devised, invented, or contrived..
Prepense :: Prepense (v. t.) Devised, contrived, or planned beforehand; preconceived; premeditated; aforethought; -- usually placed after the word it qualifies; as, malice prepense..
Abator :: Abator (n.) A person who, without right, enters into a freehold on the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee..
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..
Phonotypy :: Phonotypy (n.) A method of phonetic printing of the English language, as devised by Mr. Pitman, in which nearly all the ordinary letters and many new forms are employed in order to indicate each elementary sound by a separate character..
Devise :: Devise (v. t.) To say; to relate; to describe.
Extemporiness :: Extemporiness (n.) The quality of being done or devised extempor.
Point-devise :: Point-devise (adv.) Exactly.
Pretex :: Pretex (v. t.) To frame; to devise; to disguise or excuse; hence, to pretend; to declare falsely..
Contrive :: Contrive (v. t.) To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to invent; to design; to plan.
Devise :: Devise (n.) Property devised, or given by will..
Contriver :: Contriver (n.) One who contrives, devises, plans, or schemas..
Point-devise :: Point-devise (a.) Uncommonly nice and exact; precise; particular.
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