DEVISAL

devisal, contrivance

(noun) the act of devising something

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

devisal (countable and uncountable, plural devisals)

An act of devising.

XIX c., Francis Thompson, To a Snow-flake

Anagrams

• Desilva

Source: Wiktionary


De*vis"al, n.

Definition: A devising. Whitney.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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