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devisable

devisable adjective: that can be devised or invented.

Adjective

devisable (comparative more devisable, superlative most devisable)

  1. That can be devised or invented.
  2. Capable of being bequeathed, or given by will.
    • The rights of men in ſociety, are neither deviſeable, nor 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.1791, Thomas Paine, Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke’s Attack on the French Revolution, London: […] J. S. Jordan, […], →OCLC, page 129

Forms of devisable

comparativemore devisable
superlativemost devisable

Origin of devisable

From devise + -able.

Words formed from devisable

Questions about devisable

What does devisable mean?
Devisable means that can be devised or invented.
What part of speech is devisable?
Devisable is an adjective.

Words near devisable in the dictionary

  1. devirtualized
  2. devirtualizes
  3. devirtualizing
  4. devis
  5. devisability
  6. devisable
  7. devisal
  8. devisals
  9. devise
  10. devised
  11. devisedst

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