devisable

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adjective

That can be devised or invented.

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Meanings

adjectivedevisable (comparative more devisable, superlative most 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

Origin

From devise + -able.

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devisable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/devisable

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Chicago

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