WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
de•vis•a•ble
(di vī′zə bəl),USA pronunciation adj.
- capable of being devised, invented, or contrived.
- Lawmakingcapable of being transferred.
- Anglo-French: assignable by will, Old French: that which may be divided, equivalent. to devis(er) (see devise) + -able -able
- Middle English 1250–1300