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
Other Word Forms
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
Example Sentences
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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 Railton, George S. (George Scott)
Stolberg offers him the favorablest terms devisable: "Withdraw freely, with all your honors, all your properties; only withdraw!"
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 19 by Carlyle, Thomas
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 De Gurowski, Adam G., count
The rights of men in society, are neither devisable or transferable, nor annihilable, but are descendable only, and it is not in the power of any generation to intercept finally, and cut off the descent.
From Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 2 (1779-1792): the Rights of Man by Conway, Moncure Daniel
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 Carlyle, Thomas
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