Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DE-VISE'
DE-VISE', n.1
- Primarily, a dividing or division: hence, the act of bequeathing by will; the act of giving or distributing real estate by a testator. – Blackstone.
- A will or testament.
- A share of estate bequeathed.
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