devisable
Definition
Adjective: - Capable of being devised, invented, or thought up: "devisable" describes something that can be created, planned, or conceived through mental effort or ingenuity. - Capable of being bequeathed or transferred by will (legal context): In law, "devisable" refers to property or assets that can be left to someone through a valid will or testament.
Usage Examples
- (The solution could be invented or thought up.)
- (Only specific properties could be left to heirs through a legal will.)
Advanced Usage
- "Devisable by contract": In legal contexts, this phrase specifies that something can be arranged or transferred through a written agreement.
- The terms of the settlement were devisable by contract between the two parties. (The conditions could be formally arranged through a legal document.)
Variants and Related Words
- Devise (verb): to plan, invent, or think up something.
- She will devise a new strategy for the project. (She will create a new plan.)
- Devisee (noun): a person who receives property through a will.
- The devisee inherited the house after the owner's death. (The recipient of the property via will.)
- Devisor (noun): a person who gives property through a will.
- The devisor specified the distribution of assets in the testament. (The person making the will.)
Synonyms
- Inventable: capable of being invented or created.
- The machine was inventable with current technology. (It could be invented.)
- Bequeathable (legal): capable of being left to someone in a will.
- The jewelry was bequeathable to her grandchildren. (It could be given through a will.)
- Conceivable: capable of being imagined or thought of.
- A new method was conceivable for the task. (It could be thought up.)
Related Idioms
- No common idioms directly use "devisable," but the verb "devise" appears in the phrase "devise a plan" (to create a detailed strategy).
- They had to devise a plan to escape the flood. (They needed to think up a careful strategy.)