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devisable (1285)
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devisable (1285)

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devisible;  devissable;  divisable  
  FEW:  *divisare *3,109b Gdf:  devisable 2,701b GdfC: ∅ TL: devisable 2,1874 DEAF:  deviser (devisable)  DMF:  divisable  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED:  devisable adj.  DMLBS:  divisabilis 708a

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1divisible: 
( 1292 )  la ou les tenementz sunt divisables ne gist nul mordancestre des tenementz ke sunt divisés  YBB 20-21 Ed I 27
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  La primere (=mode of essoin) est devisable, ou del service le Roi celestre ou del Roi terrestre  Mir Just 83
( 1413-14 )  quant al remenant des ditz biens & marchandises, s’ils soient divisibles, [...]  Rot Parl1 iii 254
2lawable to be bequeathed: 
( 1285 )  pur ceo qe les tenementes de la citee soient devisables auxi come chateux  Bor Cust i 268
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  mes pur ceo qe serfs sount annex al fraunc tenement le seignur, ne sount il mie devisables en testament  BRITT i 198
( 1314-15 )  le dit mees est devisable solonc la custume de la ville de N.  Rot Parl1 i 303
( 1391 )  qe les ditz gardeyns [...] puissent resceyver par devis du testament des terres [...] divisables  Rot Parl1 iii 290
nun devisable
nundevisable
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