[Fictionary] fictionary: DEVIT ballot

[Ranjit Bhatnagar]

Here are nine (9) definitions of "devit". Only one of them is real. Can you
identify the correct one before the pendulum swings too low?

Please send a 1 point vote and a 2 point vote, as usual, by next Tuesday
evening!



devit (obs.) n. - a placeholder. v. - to hold a place. adj. - describing an
object used to hold a place. ex: Remove the devit pin before finishing the
seam.

devit n. a claim to one's own apotheosis, the assertion that one is a god.

devit, n. the growth of crystalline structures within or on the surface of
glass. ("Vitri" = glass; therefore "devitrification" = the process of
becoming un-glasslike).

devit, v, to reduce the vitamin content of a food by some chemical reaction

devit, adj. Lifelike

devit - n. - payment to a bouncer to secure entry into a club.

devit, n. 1. The tribute in dromedaries due from the Arabian pashaliks of
the Ottoman Empire. 2. A bribe.

devit - v. - (obs.) to pick grapes and harvest grape leaves

devit, n. In some role-playing games, a combination of a buff which directs
attacks to a character with a buff that reflects damage done to that
character onto the attacker, resulting in the opponent damaging himself.
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