v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Advised p. pr. & vb. n. Advising ] [ OE. avisen to perceive, consider, inform, F. aviser, fr. LL. advisare. advisare; ad + visare, fr. L. videre, visum, to see. See Advice, and cf. Avise. ] 1. To give advice to; to offer an opinion, as worthy or expedient to be followed; to counsel; to warn. “I shall no more advise thee.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To give information or notice to; to inform; -- with of before the thing communicated; as, we were advised of the risk. [ 1913 Webster ]

To advise one's self, to bethink one's self; to take counsel with one's self; to reflect; to consider. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Bid thy master well advise himself. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To counsel; admonish; apprise; acquaint. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To consider; to deliberate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Advise if this be worth attempting. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To take counsel; to consult; -- followed by with; as, to advise with friends. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 1 Carefully thought out; likely to be the best course; -- said of actions. Often used in combination; as, ill-advised, well-advised. Also See: wise unadvised, ill-advised
Syn. -- considered, well-advised [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. Having received information; as, be kept advised. uninformed [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. 1. Circumspectly; deliberately; leisurely. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. With deliberate purpose; purposely; by design. “Advisedly undertaken.” Suckling. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Deliberate consideration; prudent procedure; caution. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. avisement, F. avisement, fr. aviser. See Advise, and cf. Avisement. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Counsel; advice; information. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

And mused awhile, waking advisement takes of what had passed in sleep. Daniel. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Consideration; deliberation; consultation. [ 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. ] 1. To look at; to view; to think of. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To advise; to counsel. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

To avise one's self, to consider with one's self, to reflect, to deliberate. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ see Bolshevik. ] to render communistic; -- of governments.
Syn. -- communize, make communist. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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. ]
Syn. -- collectivize. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. curvus bent + E. serial. ] (Bot.) Distributed in a curved line, as leaves along a stem. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Per. derwēsch, fr. OPer. derew to beg, ask alms: cf. F. derviche. ] 1. A Turkish or Persian monk, especially one who professes extreme poverty and leads an austere life. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One of the fanatical followers of the Mahdi, in the Sudan, in the 1880's. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. in modern times, a member of an ascetic Muslim sect notable for its devotional exercises, which include energetic chanting or shouting and rhythmic bodily movement, such as whirling, leading to a trance-like state or ecstasy. From these exercises the phrase whirling dervish is derived. [ PJC ]

4. figuratively, a person who whirls or engages in frenzied activity reminiscent of the dervish{ 3 } dancing. [ PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Devised p. pr. & vb. n. Devising. ] [ OF. deviser to distribute, regulate, direct, relate, F., to chat, fr. L. divisus divided, distributed, p. p. of dividere. See Divide, and cf. Device. ] 1. To form in the mind by new combinations of ideas, new applications of principles, or new arrangement of parts; to formulate by thought; to contrive; to excogitate; to invent; to plan; to scheme; as, to devise an engine, a new mode of writing, a plan of defense, or an argument. [ 1913 Webster ]

To devise curious works. Ex. CCTV. 32. [ 1913 Webster ]

Devising schemes to realize his ambitious views. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To plan or scheme for; to purpose to obtain. [ 1913 Webster ]

For wisdom is most riches; fools therefore
They are which fortunes do by vows devise. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To say; to relate; to describe. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To imagine; to guess. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Law) To give by will; -- used of real estate; formerly, also, of chattels.

Syn. -- To bequeath; invent; discover; contrive; excogitate; imagine; plan; scheme. See Bequeath. [ 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. ] 1. The act of giving or disposing of real estate by will; -- sometimes improperly applied to a bequest of personal estate. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A will or testament, conveying real estate; the clause of a will making a gift of real property. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fines upon devises were still exacted. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Property devised, or given by will. [ 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. [ imp. & p. p. Improvised p. pr. & vb. n. Improvising. ] [ F. improviser, it. improvvisare, fr. improvviso unprovided, sudden, extempore, L. improvisus; pref. im- not + provisus foreseen, provided. See Proviso. ] 1. To compose, recite, or sing extemporaneously, especially in verse; to extemporize; also, to play upon an instrument, or to act, extemporaneously. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To bring about, arrange, do, or make, immediately or on short notice, without previous preparation and with no known precedent as a guide. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

Charles attempted to improvise a peace. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To invent, or provide, offhand, or on the spur of the moment; as, he improvised a hammer out of a stone. [ 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. -- Mis`ad*vis"ed*ly adv. [1913 Webster]

. A vise with jaws so guided as to remain parallel. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } n. [ F. parvis, fr. LL. paravisus, fr. L. paradisus. See Paradise. ] A court of entrance to, or an inclosed space before, a church; hence, a church porch; -- sometimes formerly used as place of meeting, as for lawyers. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. pavaix, F. pavois; cf. It. pavese, LL. pavense; perh. named from Pavia in Italy. ] (Mil. Antiq.) A large heavy oblong shield covering the whole body, carried by a pavisor, who sometimes also screened an archer with it. It was originally carried but sometimes set up in permanent position [ Written also pavis, pavais, pavese, and pavesse. ] Fairholt. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. [ OE. at point devis; at at + point point, condition + devis exact, careful, OF. devis fixed, set. See Device. ] Uncommonly nice and exact; precise; particular. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

{ } adv. Exactly. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 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. ] 1. To foresee. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To inform beforehand; to warn. Ld. Lytton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Revised p. pr. & vb. n. Revising. ] [ F. reviser, fr. L. revidere, revisum, to see again; pref. re- re- + videre, visum, to see. See Review, View. ] 1. To look at again for the detection of errors; to reexamine; to review; to look over with care for correction; as, to revise a writing; to revise a translation. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Print.) To compare (a proof) with a previous proof of the same matter, and mark again such errors as have not been corrected in the type. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To review, alter, and amend; as, to revise statutes; to revise an agreement; to revise a dictionary. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Revised Version of the Bible, a version prepared in accordance with a resolution passed, in 1870, by both houses of the Convocation of the Province of Canterbury, England. Both English and American revisers were employed on the work. It was first published in a complete form in 1885, and is a revised form of the Authorized Version. See Authorized Version, under Authorized. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A review; a revision. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Print.) A second proof sheet; a proof sheet taken after the first or a subsequent correction. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who revises. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Devised by one's self. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Supervised p. pr. & vb. n. Supervising. ] [ Pref. super- + L. visere to look at attentively, to view, surely, intens. from videre, visum, to see. Cf. Survise, and Survey. ] 1. To oversee for direction; to superintend; to inspect with authority; as, to supervise the construction of a steam engine, or the printing of a book. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To look over so as to read; to peruse. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- See Superintend. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Supervision; inspection. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Supervise, and Survey. ] To look over; to supervise. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Not prudent; not discreet; ill advised. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Done without due consideration; wanton; rash; inconsiderate; as, an unadvised proceeding. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Un`ad*vis"ed*ly adv. -- Un`ad*vis"ed*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ Written also vice. ] [ 1913 Webster ]