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devise
[dih-vahyz]
verb (used with object)
to contrive, plan, or elaborate; invent from existing principles or ideas.
to devise a method.
Theater.to develop (a play) collaboratively with the performers.
Based on the lives of women in engineering, the students devised the play themselves.
Law.to assign or transmit (property) by will.
Archaic.to imagine; suppose.
verb (used without object)
to form a plan; contrive.
noun
Law.
the act of disposing of property, especially real property, by will.
a will or clause in a will disposing of property, especially real property.
the property so disposed of.
devise
/ ɪˈɪ /
verb
to work out, contrive, or plan (something) in one's mind
(tr) law to dispose of (property, esp real property) by will
obsolete(tr) to imagine or guess
Other 51Թ Forms
- deviser noun
- predevise verb (used with object)
- ˈ noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of devise1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Wilson often encouraged his younger brothers Carl and Dennis to sing along with him in the complex harmonies he was already devising.
He chose the line: "Revenge for the blood of a little child has yet to be devised by Satan."
Regarded as the largest city in western Europe without a mass transit system, Leeds has tried and failed over decades to devise and implement an efficient way to keep its residents mobile.
California employers may dislike the new law on independent contractors, but they’re devising a host of strategies to comply.
Rose Njeri was detained on Friday after police raided her home in the capital, Nairobi, and seized electronic devises, activists said.
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