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devise
English
Etymology
From Middle English devisen, devysen, from Old French deviser, from Vulgar Latin devis?, from Latin d?vis?, frequentative of d?vid?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??va?z/
- Rhymes: -a?z
- Hyphenation: de?vise
Verb
devise (third-person singular simple present devises, present participle devising, simple past and past participle devised)
- (transitive) To use one's intellect to plan or design (something).
- to devise an argument; to devise a machine, or a new system of writing
- 1834-1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent.
- devising schemes to realize his ambitious views
- (transitive) To leave (property) in a will.
- (intransitive, archaic) To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider.
- (transitive, archaic) To plan or scheme for; to plot to obtain.
- (obsolete) To imagine; to guess.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)
Translations
Noun
devise (plural devises)
- The act of leaving real property in a will.
- Such a will, or a clause in such a will.
- 1834-1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent.
- Fines upon devises were still exacted.
- 1834-1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent.
- The real property left in such a will.
- Design, devising.
- 2010, Carl Anderson, Fragments of a Scattered Brain ?ISBN, page 83
- I don't know how I got to be so sour on life, but I'm constantly in solitary confinement of my own devise, […]
- 2010, Carl Anderson, Fragments of a Scattered Brain ?ISBN, page 83
See also
- device
- devising
Anagrams
- sieved, viséed
Danish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -i?s?
Noun
devise c (singular definite devisen, plural indefinite deviser)
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Declension
Further reading
- “devise” in Den Danske Ordbog
French
Etymology
From deviser. The financial sense is a semantic loan from German Devise.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?.viz/
Noun
devise f (plural devises)
- (heraldry) motto
- (finance) assets in foreign currency
- (finance, by extension) currency
Verb
devise
- inflection of deviser:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “devise” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- dévies, évides, évidés, vidées
Spanish
Verb
devise
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of devisar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of devisar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of devisar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of devisar.
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inaugurate
English
Etymology
French inaugurer (“to invest”), from Latin inaugur? (“approve on the basis of omens”), from in (“in”) + augur (“an augur”).
Pronunciation
- (verb) IPA(key): /??n?????e?t/, /??n???j??e?t/
- (adjective) IPA(key): /??n??????t/, /??n???j???t/
Verb
inaugurate (third-person singular simple present inaugurates, present participle inaugurating, simple past and past participle inaugurated)
- (transitive) To induct into office with a formal ceremony.
- (transitive) To dedicate ceremoniously; to initiate something in a formal manner.
- 2008, The Economist, Solar energy: the power of concentration
- […] Acciona, a Spanish conglomerate, is due to inaugurate a new power plant a few miles from Las Vegas.
- 2008, The Economist, Solar energy: the power of concentration
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
inaugurate (not comparable)
- Invested with office; inaugurated.
- 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 17 p. 262[1]:
- The reliques of her Crowne (by him first placed here)
- The seat on which her Kings inaugurated were.
- 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 17 p. 262[1]:
Further reading
- inaugurate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- inaugurate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- inaugurate at OneLook Dictionary Search
Italian
Verb
inaugurate
- second-person plural present of inaugurare
- second-person plural imperative of inaugurare
- feminine plural of inaugurato, past participle of inaugurare
Latin
Participle
inaugur?te
- vocative masculine singular of inaugur?tus
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