v. t.
To advise one's self,
Bid thy master well advise himself. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Advise if this be worth attempting. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
adv.
n. Deliberate consideration; prudent procedure; caution. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. avisement, F. avisement, fr. aviser. See Advise, and cf. Avisement. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
And mused awhile, waking advisement takes of what had passed in sleep. Daniel. [ 1913 Webster ]
Tempering the passion with advisement slow. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who advises. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The office of an adviser. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Opposition to vivisection. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One opposed to vivisection [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ F. aviser. See Advise, v. t. ]
To avise one's self,
Now therefore, if thou wilt enriched be,
Avise thee well, and change thy willful mood. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To consider; to reflect. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Watchful; circumspect. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
With sharp, aviseful eye. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Advisedly. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Advisement; observation; deliberation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Dark-visaged; swart. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. to bring under collective control; to organize for operation by the principles of collectivism; -- especially of farms and industrial enterprises. Same as collectivize. [ Brit. ]
a. [ L. curvus bent + E. serial. ] (Bot.) Distributed in a curved line, as leaves along a stem. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
To devise curious works. Ex. CCTV. 32. [ 1913 Webster ]
Devising schemes to realize his ambitious views. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]
For wisdom is most riches; fools therefore
They are which fortunes do by vows devise. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider. [ 1913 Webster ]
I thought, devised, and Pallas heard my prayer. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Devise was formerly followed by of; as, let us devise of ease. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF. devise division, deliberation, wish, will, testament. See Device. ]
Fines upon devises were still exacted. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Device. See Device. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Law) One to whom a devise is made, or real estate given by will. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who devises. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To advise against; to dissuade from. [ R. ] Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To advise or counsel before the time of action, or before the event. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Charles attempted to improvise a peace. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To produce or render extemporaneous compositions, especially in verse or in music, without previous preparation; hence, to do anything offhand. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who improvises. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ Hung., fr. képviselö representative + ház house. ] (Hungary) See Legislature. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
v. t. To give bad counsel to. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Ill advised. --
. A vise with jaws so guided as to remain parallel. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
You are rather point-devise in your accouterments. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Thus he grew up, in logic point-devise,
Perfect in grammar, and in rhetoric nice. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]
. (Print.) A proof for final revision. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
v. t. [ L. praevisus, p. p. of praevidere to foresee; prae before + videre to see. See Vision. ]
v. t.
The Revised Version of the Bible,
n.
n. One who revises. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Devised by one's self. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n. Supervision; inspection. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ See Supervise, and Survey. ] To look over; to supervise. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
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n. [ F. vis a screw, winding stairs, OF. vis, viz, fr. L. vitis a vine; probably akin to E. withy. ] An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing.