Index of English words, starting with "de"

(1) - Devisable (a.) Capable of being bequeathed, or given by will.
(2) - Devisable (a.) Capable of being devised, invented, or contrived.

(1) - Devisal (n.) A devising.

(1) - Devise (n.) Device. See Device.
(2) - Devise (n.) Property devised, or given by will.
(3) - Devise (n.) A will or testament, conveying real estate; the clause of a will making a gift of real property.
(4) - Devise (n.) The act of giving or disposing of real estate by will; -- sometimes improperly applied to a bequest of personal estate.
(5) - Devise (v. i.) To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider.
(6) - Devise (v. t.) To give by will; -- used of real estate; formerly, also, of chattels.
(7) - Devise (v. t.) To imagine; to guess.
(8) - Devise (v. t.) To say; to relate; to describe.
(9) - Devise (v. t.) To plan or scheme for; to purpose to obtain.
(10) - Devise (v. t.) To form in the mind by new combinations of ideas, new applications of principles, or new arrangement of parts; to formulate by thought; to contrive; to excogitate; to invent; to plan; to scheme; as, to devise an engine, a new mode of writing, a plan of defense, or an argument.

(1) - Devisee (n.) One to whom a devise is made, or real estate given by will.

(1) - Deviser (n.) One who devises.