de·vis·able \ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷zəbəl\adjective Etymology: Anglo-French, from Old French deviser to distribute, divide, regulate + -able 1.: capable of being devised or bequeathed < lands, tenements and hereditaments, be not devisable by testament — Act 27 Henry VIII > 2.: capable of being devised, contrived, or invented