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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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initiate
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin initi?tus, perfect passive participle of initi? (“begin, originate”), from initium (“a beginning”), from ine? (“go in, enter upon, begin”), from in + e? (“go”).
Pronunciation
- (verb) IPA(key): /??n??.?.e?t/
- (noun, adjective) IPA(key): /??n??.?.?t/
- Hyphenation: ini?ti?ate
Noun
initiate (plural initiates)
- A new member of an organization.
- One who has been through a ceremony of initiation.
Translations
Verb
initiate (third-person singular simple present initiates, present participle initiating, simple past and past participle initiated)
- (transitive) To begin; to start.
- 1859-1860, Isaac Taylor, Ultimate Civilisation
- How are changes of this sort to be initiated?
- 1859-1860, Isaac Taylor, Ultimate Civilisation
- To instruct in the rudiments or principles; to introduce.
- 1653-1655, Henry More, An Antidote against Atheism
- Divine Providence would only initiate and enter mankind into the useful knowledge of her, leaving the rest to employ our industry.
- to initiate his pupil in any part of learning
- 1653-1655, Henry More, An Antidote against Atheism
- To confer membership on; especially, to admit to a secret order with mysterious rites or ceremonies.
- 1738-1741, William Warburton, Divine Legation of Moses demonstrated on the Principles of a Religious Deist
- The Athenians believed that he who was initiated and instructed in the mysteries would obtain celestial honour after death.
- He was initiated into half a dozen clubs before he was one and twenty.
- 1738-1741, William Warburton, Divine Legation of Moses demonstrated on the Principles of a Religious Deist
- (intransitive) To do the first act; to perform the first rite; to take the initiative.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Alexander Pope to this entry?)
Antonyms
- (to begin): end, conclude, complete, finish
Related terms
Translations
Adjective
initiate (comparative more initiate, superlative most initiate)
- (obsolete) Unpractised; untried; new.
- (obsolete) Begun; commenced; introduced to, or instructed in, the rudiments; newly admitted.
Further reading
- initiate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- initiate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- initiate at OneLook Dictionary Search
Latin
Participle
initi?te
- vocative masculine singular of initi?tus
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