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Webster 1913 Edition
Deviser
De-vis′er
,Noun.
One who devises.
Webster 1828 Edition
Deviser
DEVISER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
deviser
deviser
French
Etymology
From Old French deviser, from a Vulgar Latin *devisāre < *divisāre, from Latin dīvīsum, supine of dīvidō (“I divide”). Compare diviser.
Verb
deviser
Conjugation
Conjugation of deviser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | deviser | avoir devisé | |||||
| gerund | en devisant | en ayant devisé | |||||
| present participle | devisant /də.vi.zɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | devisé /də.vi.ze/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | devise /də.viz/ |
devises /də.viz/ |
devise /də.viz/ |
devisons /də.vi.zɔ̃/ |
devisez /də.vi.ze/ |
devisent /də.viz/ |
| imperfect | devisais /də.vi.zɛ/ |
devisais /də.vi.zɛ/ |
devisait /də.vi.zɛ/ |
devisions /də.vi.zjɔ̃/ |
devisiez /də.vi.zje/ |
devisaient /də.vi.zɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | devisai /də.vi.ze/ |
devisas /də.vi.za/ |
devisa /də.vi.za/ |
devisâmes /də.vi.zam/ |
devisâtes /də.vi.zat/ |
devisèrent /də.vi.zɛʁ/ |
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| future | deviserai /də.viz.ʁe/ |
deviseras /də.viz.ʁa/ |
devisera /də.viz.ʁa/ |
deviserons /də.viz.ʁɔ̃/ |
deviserez /də.viz.ʁe/ |
deviseront /də.viz.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | deviserais /də.viz.ʁɛ/ |
deviserais /də.viz.ʁɛ/ |
deviserait /də.viz.ʁɛ/ |
deviserions /də.vi.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
deviseriez /də.vi.zə.ʁje/ |
deviseraient /də.viz.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | devise /də.viz/ |
devises /də.viz/ |
devise /də.viz/ |
devisions /də.vi.zjɔ̃/ |
devisiez /də.vi.zje/ |
devisent /də.viz/ |
| imperfect1 |
devisasse /də.vi.zas/ |
devisasses /də.vi.zas/ |
devisât /də.vi.za/ |
devisassions /də.vi.za.sjɔ̃/ |
devisassiez /də.vi.za.sje/ |
devisassent /də.vi.zas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | devise /də.viz/ |
— | devisons /də.vi.zɔ̃/ |
devisez /də.vi.ze/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Old French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *devisāre < *divisāre, from Latin dīvīsum, supine of dīvidō (“I divide”).
Verb
deviser
- to divide (split into more than one part)
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-st are modified to s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of deviser (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | deviser | avoir devisé | |||||
| gerund | en devisant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | devisant | ||||||
| past participle | devisé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | devis | devises | devise | devisons | devisez | devisent |
| imperfect | devisoie, deviseie, devisoe, deviseve | devisoies, deviseies, devisoes, deviseves | devisoit, deviseit, devisot, deviseve | devisiiens, devisiens | devisiiez, devisiez | devisoient, deviseient, devisoent, devisevent | |
| preterite | devisai | devisas | devisa | devisames | devisastes | deviserent | |
| future | deviserai | deviseras | devisera | deviserons | deviseroiz, devisereiz, deviserez | deviseront | |
| conditional | deviseroie, devisereie | deviseroies, devisereies | deviseroit, devisereit | deviseriiens, deviseriens | deviseriiez, deviseriez | deviseroient, devisereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | devis | devis | devist | devisons | devisez | devisent |
| imperfect | devisasse | devisasses | devisast | devisissons, devisissiens | devisissoiz, devisissez, devisissiez | devisassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | devise | — | devisons | devisez | — | ||