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devisal

noun

Etymology

From devise + -al.

  1. derived from dīvisō
  2. derived from devisō
  3. derived from deviser
  4. inherited from devisen
  5. suffixed as devisal — “devise + al”

Definitions

  1. An act of devising.

    • 19th century, Francis Thompson, To a Snow-flake What heart could have thought you?— Past our devisal (O filigree petal!)
    • Each word may be not unfitly compared to an invention; it has its own place, mode, and circumstances of devisal, its preparation in the previous habits of speech […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA