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

Other Words From

• unde·visa·ble adjective

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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