devisable

adj — 2 senses

devisable

adj

Etymology From devise + -able.

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:

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