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An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing. [Written also vice.]

n opinion, as worthy or expedient to be followed; to counsel; to warn. "I shall no more advise thee." Milton.

With deliberate purpose; purposely; by design. "Advisedly undertaken." Suckling.

Deliberate consideration; prudent procedure; caution.

Counsel; advise; information. [Archaic] And mused awhile, waking advisement takes of what had passed in sleep. Daniel.

One who advises.

The office of an adviser. [R.]

Opposition to vivisection.

One opposed to vivisection

To advise; to counsel. [Obs.] Shak. To avise one's self, to consider with one's self, to reflect, to deliberate. [Obs.] Chaucer. Now therefore, if thou wilt enriched be, Avise thee well, and change thy willful mood. Spenser.

Watchful; circumspect. [Obs.] With sharp, aviseful eye. Spenser.

Advisedly. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Advisement; observation; deliberation. [Obs.]

Dark-visaged; swart.

Distributed in a curved line, as leaves along a stem.

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

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.

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