deviser

English

Etymology

devise +‎ -er

Noun

deviser (plural devisers)

1. A person who devises something; a planner or inventor.

See also

• devisor

Anagrams

• derives, dervise, diverse, drivees, revised, sivered

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French

Etymology

From Old French deviser, from Vulgar Latin *devisāre, a dissimilated form of *divisāre, from Latin dīvīsum, supine of dīvidō (“I divide”). Compare diviser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /də.vi.ze/

Verb

deviser

1. (intransitive) to chat (converse familiarly)

   Synonym: converser

2. (transitive) to make a quote for a prospective client

Conjugation

Conjugation of deviser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	deviser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	devisant /də.vi.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		devisé /də.vi.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(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/
	past historic2	devisai /də.vi.ze/	devisas /də.vi.za/	devisa /də.vi.za/	devisâmes /də.vi.zam/	devisâtes /də.vi.zat/	devisèrent /də.vi.zɛʁ/
	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/
	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/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	devise /də.viz/	devises /də.viz/	devise /də.viz/	devisions /də.vi.zjɔ̃/	devisiez /də.vi.zje/	devisent /də.viz/
	imperfect2	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/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	devise /də.viz/	—	devisons /də.vi.zɔ̃/	devisez /də.vi.ze/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “deviser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *devisāre < *divisāre, from Latin dīvīsum, supine of dīvidō (“I divide”).

Verb

deviser

1. 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			gerund of avoir + 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	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + 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	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	devise	—	devisons	devisez	—

Descendants

• French: deviser, diviser