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devise

noun

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verb

  1. come up with
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /dɪˈvaɪz/

noun

Etymology: From Middle French devise. Doublet of device.

  1. The act of leaving real property in a will.
  2. Such a will, or a clause in such a will.

    Fines upon devises were still exacted.

  3. The real property left in such a will.
  4. Design, devising.

    I don't know how I got to be so sour on life, but I'm constantly in solitary confinement of my own devise, […]

verb

Etymology: PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English devisen, devysen, from Old French deviser, from Vulgar Latin devisō, from Latin dīvisō, frequentative of dīvidō.

  1. To use one’s intellect to plan or design (something).

    Near-synonyms: lay, set, design, plan, create

    to devise an argument; to devise a machine, or a new system of writing

  2. To leave (property) in a will.
  3. To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider.

    I thought, devised, and Pallas heard my prayer.

  4. To plan or scheme for; to plot to obtain.

    For wisedome is most riches; fooles therefore / They are, which fortunes doe by vowes deuize,

  5. To imagine; to guess.

    I do protest I neuer iniur’d thee, But lou’d thee better then thou can’st deuise: Till thou shalt know the reason of my loue.