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A Turkish or Persian monk, especially one who professes extreme poverty and leads an austere life.

Capable of being devised, invented, or contrived.

A devising. Whitney.

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. To devise curious works. Ex. CCTV. 32. Devising schemes to realize his ambitious views. Bancroft.

One to whom a devise is made, or real estate given by will.

One who devises.

One who devises, or gives real estate by will; a testator; -- correlative to devisee.

To advise against; to dissuade from. [R.] Boyle.

The quality of being divisible; the property of bodies by which their parts are capable of separation. Divisibility . . . is a primary attribute of matter. Sir W. Hamilton.

Capable of being divided or separated. Extended substance . . . is divisible into parts. Sir W. Hamilton. Divisible contract (Law), a contract containing agreements one of which can be separated from the other. -- Divisible offense (Law), an offense containing a lesser offense in one of a greater grade, so that on the…

thing into parts, or the state of being so divided; separation. I was overlooked in the division of the spoil. Gibbon.

That divides; pas, a divisional line; a divisional general; a divisional surgeon of police. Divisional planes (Geol.), planes of separation between rock masses. They include joints.

So as to be divisional.

Divisional.

One who divides or makes division. [Obs.] Sheldon.

Indicating division or distribution. Mede.

The number by which the dividend is divided. Common divisor. (Math.) See under Common, a.

Like a dove; harmless; innocent. "Joined with dovish simplicity." Latimer.

; implike; mischievous; weird; also, vacant; absent in demeanor. See Elfish. He seemeth elvish by his countenance. Chaucer.

In an elvish manner. Sir W. Scott.