different between devisee vs deviser

English

Etymology

devise +? -ee

Noun

devisee (plural devisees)

1. (law) The person or entity to whom property is devised in a will.

Synonyms

• legatee

English

Etymology

devise +? -er

Noun

deviser (plural devisers)

1. A person who devises something; a planner or inventor.

See also

• devisor

Anagrams

• derives, dervise, diverse, drivees, revised, sivered

Cornish

Noun

deviser m (plural devisoryon)

1. (male) inventor

Derived terms

• devisores

French

Etymology

From Old French deviser, from Vulgar Latin *devis?re, a dissimilated form of *divis?re, from Latin d?v?sum, supine of d?vid? (“I divide”). Compare diviser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?.vi.ze/

Verb

deviser

1. (intransitive) to chat (converse familiarly)

   Synonym: converser

2. (transitive) to make a quote for a prospective client

Conjugation

Further reading

• “deviser” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *devis?re < *divis?re, from Latin d?v?sum, supine of d?vid? (“I divide”).

Verb

deviser

1. to divide (split into more than one part)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-st are modified to s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

• French: deviser, diviser