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divisare

divisare [cf. OF diviser] 1 to divide, demarcate, form a boundary. 1197 dedit ‥ terram que jacet inter cheminum regium et portam que fuit Ricardi D., sicut due sepes Roberti M. devisant (Fine) Pipe 167. 2 a to ‘devise’, bequeath; v. et. dividere 9. b to devise, contrive, plan; v. et. dividere 10. a 1588 cui ‥ aliquod hujusmodi divisum seu aliqua hujusmodi devisa forent legata seu devisata a tempore mortis alicujus hujusmodi persone sic legantis seu devisantis terras seu tenementa sua Entries 431.  b 1554 prout consiliarii eorundem H. et F. in lege eruditi devisarent Pat 872 m. 19; 1564 omnimodos rationabiles actus et acta rem et res, quales devisati seu advisati forent per eruditum consilium Entries 691b; 1571 Entries 207b (v. contrivare); 1573 (v. compassare).

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