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Forgery :: Forgery (n.) That which is forged, fabricated, falsely devised, or counterfeited..

Ophthalmometer :: Ophthalmometer (n.) An instrument devised by Helmholtz for measuring the size of a reflected image on the convex surface of the cornea and lens of the eye, by which their curvature can be ascertained..

Imagine :: Imagine (v. i.) To form images or conceptions; to conceive; to devise.

Devise :: Devise (v. i.) To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider.

Devise :: Devise (v. t.) To imagine; to guess.

Devisee :: Devisee (n.) One to whom a devise is made, or real estate given by will..

Prepense :: Prepense (v. t.) Devised, contrived, or planned beforehand; preconceived; premeditated; aforethought; -- usually placed after the word it qualifies; as, malice prepense..

Pasteurization :: Pasteurization (n.) A process devised by Pasteur for preventing or checking fermentation in fluids, such as wines, milk, etc., by exposure to a temperature of 140¡ F., thus destroying the vitality of the contained germs or ferments..

Machination :: Machination (n.) That which is devised; a device; a hostile or treacherous scheme; an artful design or plot.

Imagine :: Imagine (v. t.) To contrive in purpose; to scheme; to devise; to compass; to purpose. See Compass, v. t., 5..

Contrivble :: Contrivble (a.) Capable of being contrived, planned, invented, or devised..

Plot :: Plot (v. t.) To plan; to scheme; to devise; to contrive secretly.

Point-devise :: Point-devise (adv.) Exactly.

Devise :: Devise (n.) Property devised, or given by will..

Devised :: Devised (imp. & p. p.) of Devis.

Executory :: Executory (a.) Designed to be executed or carried into effect in time to come, or to take effect on a future contingency; as, an executory devise, reminder, or estate; an executory contract..

Devise :: Devise (v. t.) To form in the mind by new combinations of ideas, new applications of principles, or new arrangement of parts; to formulate by thought; to contrive; to excogitate; to invent; to plan; to scheme; as, to devise an engine, a new mode of writing, a plan of defense, or an argument..

Heliometer :: Heliometer (n.) An instrument devised originally for measuring the diameter of the sun; now employed for delicate measurements of the distance and relative direction of two stars too far apart to be easily measured in the field of view of an ordinary telescope.

Expedient :: Expedient (n.) Means devised in an exigency; shift.

Slate :: Slate (v. t.) A list of candidates, prepared for nomination or for election; a list of candidates, or a programme of action, devised beforehand..

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