Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of devising; a contriving or forming.
- noun The act of bequeathing; assignment by will.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A devising.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An act of
devising .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of devising something
Etymologies
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devise + -al?
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Examples
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As if Ian Hamilton Finlay were not to be remembered here, he appears, in the form of a reference to his home, a little country estate which he filled with literary sculpture of his devisal, much as Simon Cutts has decorated his quaint Irish dwelling, Coracle, and outbuildings with words, turning edifice into literature.
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