See Also: Devise(medicine)
devise(1)(dictionary)
devise(2)(dictionary)
devise(dictionary)
Devise(law)
INDEFINITE FAILURE OF ISSUE, executory devise(law)

snuzzle (iou) and devise (oh)


snuzzle (iou)



snuzzle verb intrans. obsolete exc. dial. M18.
[Var. of NUZZLE verb1.]
Root or sniff about with the nose; nuzzle; snuggle.

devise (oh)



[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: deviser, from Latin divisus, past participle of dividere 'to divide']
to plan or invent a new way of doing something
::She devised a method for quicker Communications between offices.