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deviser (di VIGHZ uhr) (noun)
Anyone who forms, invents, or contrives something in the mind: Otto was a deviser of a new method for converting sunlight into electricity.
devisor (di VIGH zuhr, dev" i ZOR) (noun)
Someone who transmits real estate by means of a will: Bertha was a devisor of her home to her son.

Acting as a divisor, Sharon's uncle ensured that the property he bought with the wealth he accumulated as the devisor of specialized farm equipment was willed to her mother.

This entry is located in the following unit: Confusing Words Clarified: Group D; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. + (page 4)