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devises

devises is the plural of devise.

devises is the third-person singular simple present indicative of devise.

Meaning of devise

Noun

devise (plural devises)

  1. The act of leaving real property in a will.
  2. Such a will, or a clause in such a will.
    • Fines upon devises were still exacted.1834–1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent, volume (please specify |volume=I to X), Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company [et al.], →OCLC
  3. The real property left in such a will.
  4. Design, devising.
    • I don't know how I got to be so sour on life, but I'm constantly in solitary confinement of my own devise, […]2010, Carl Anderson, Fragments of a Scattered Brain, →ISBN, page 83

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Phrases with devises

Questions about devises

What is devises the plural of?
Devises is the plural of devise.

Words near devises in the dictionary

  1. devisement
  2. devisements
  3. devisen
  4. deviser
  5. devisers
  6. devises
  7. devisest
  8. deviseth
  9. devising
  10. devisings
  11. devision

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