devisable

American  

[dih-vahy-zuh-buhl] / dɪˈvaɪ zə bəl /

adjective

1. capable of being devised, invented, or contrived.

2. Law. capable of being transferred.

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devisable British  

/ dɪˈvaɪzəbəl /

adjective

1. law (of property, esp realty) capable of being transferred by will

2. able to be invented, contrived, or devised

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Other Word Forms

• undevisable adjective

Etymology

Origin of devisable

1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French: assignable by will, Old French: that which may be divided, equivalent to devis ( er ) ( devise ) + -able -able

Example Sentences

Would to Heaven that we had a sieve; that we could so much as fancy any kind of sieve, wind- fanners, or ne-plus-ultra of machinery, devisable by man, that would do it!

From Past and Present by Carlyle, Thomas

True liberty is not to be virtually secured by any framework of rules and limitations, devisable only by statecraft.

From Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 by De Gurowski, Adam G., count

The room was superb with flowers; the menu the best devisable; the wines not wide of range, but choice of vintage.

From Success A Novel by Adams, Samuel Hopkins

Stolberg offers him the favorablest terms devisable: "Withdraw freely, with all your honors, all your properties; only withdraw!"

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 19 by Carlyle, Thomas

Would to heaven that we had a sieve; that we could so much as fancy 135any kind of sieve, wind-fanners, or ne plus ultra of machinery, devisable by man that would do it!

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 by Various