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Derisory
- adjective - incongruous;inviting ridicule; "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"; "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous"
Desisted
- verb - choose not to consume; "I abstain from alcohol"
- Stop quit
Detested
- verb - dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards; "I hate Mexican food"; "She detests politicians"
- Hate
- treated with contempt
Detusked
- verb - remove the tusks of animals; "tusk an elephant"
Devisals
- noun - the act of devising something
Devisees
- noun - someone to whom property (especially realty) is devised by will
Devisers
- noun - a person who makes plans
Devising
- verb - arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office"
- come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"
- give by will, especially real property
- the act that results in something coming to be; "the devising of plans"; "the fashioning of pots and pans"; "the making of measurements"; "it was already in the making"
Devisors
- noun - someone who devises real property in a will