An archaic or legal term meaning to bequeath or distribute in a will; to devise or arrange by will.
From Latin 'divisum' (divided, distributed), related to 'divide.' This word is mostly obsolete but appears in old legal documents.
Old wills are full of 'divise'—'I do hereby divise my lands to my heirs'—showing how English legal language froze medieval vocabulary.
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