英语词汇“devisal”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

devisal

释义

devise /di-vīzˈ/

transitive verb

To imagine
To compose
To scheme, think out
To contrive
To bequeath (law)
To suppose, guess (Spenser)
To purpose (Spenser)
To meditate (obsolete)
To describe (obsolete)
To depict (obsolete)

intransitive verb (obsolete)

To consider
To talk
To scheme

noun (law)

The act of bequeathing
A will
Property bequeathed by will

ORIGIN: OFr deviser, devise, from LL dīvīsa a division of goods, a mark, a device, from L dīvidere, dīvīsum to divide

devīsˈable adjective

devīsˈal noun

devīsee /dev-ī-zēˈ/ noun (law)

A person to whom property is bequeathed

devīˈser noun

A person who contrives

devīsˈor noun (law)

A person who bequeaths

devisal of arms

Formerly synonymous with grant of arms, now used by the English College of Arms where the petitioner is an American corporate body and therefore ineligible for a grant of arms

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