devisable
Americanadjective
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capable of being devised, invented, or contrived.
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Law. capable of being transferred.
adjective
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law (of property, esp realty) capable of being transferred by will
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able to be invented, contrived, or devised
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Etymology
Origin of devisable
1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French: assignable by will, Old French: that which may be divided, equivalent to devis ( er ) ( see devise) + -able -able
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The room was superb with flowers; the menu the best devisable; the wines not wide of range, but choice of vintage.
From Success A Novel by Samuel Hopkins Adams
Would to Heaven that we had a sieve; that we could so much as fancy any kind of sieve, wind- fanners, or ne-plus-ultra of machinery, devisable by man, that would do it!
From Past and Present by Thomas Carlyle
Would to Heaven that we had a sieve; that we could so much as fancy any kind of sieve, wind-fanners, or ne-plus-ultra of machinery, devisable by man, that would do it!
From Past and Present Thomas Carlyle's Collected Works, Vol. XIII. by Thomas Carlyle
When once any soul is truly enlightened, it cannot but put forth every devisable effort to compel the attention of others.
From The Authoritative Life of General William Booth by George S. (George Scott) Railton
True liberty is not to be virtually secured by any framework of rules and limitations, devisable only by statecraft.
From Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 by Adam G. de Gurowski, Count
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