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(dɪvaɪz)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense devises, present participle devising, past tense, past participle devised
verb
If you devise a plan, system, or machine, you have the idea for it and design it.
We devised a scheme to help him. [VERB noun]
New long-range objectives must be devised. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: work out, plan, form, design More Synonyms of devise

devise in British English

(dɪˈvaɪz)
verb
1. 
to work out, contrive, or plan (something) in one's mind
2. (transitive) law
to dispose of (property, esp real property) by will
3. (transitive) obsolete
to imagine or guess
noun law
4. 
a. 
a disposition of property by will
b. 
the property so transmitted
Compare bequeath (sense 1)
5. 
a will or clause in a will disposing of real property
Compare bequest (sense 2)
Derived forms
deviser (deˈviser)
noun
Word origin
C15: from Old French deviser to divide, apportion, intend, from Latin dīvidere to divide

devise in American English

(dɪˈvaɪz)
verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: deˈvised or deˈvising
1. 
to work out or create (something) by thinking; contrive; plan; invent
2.  Law
to bequeath (real property) by will
3.  Archaic
to make secret plans for; plot
4.  Obsolete
to guess or imagine
noun Law
5. 
a gift of real property by will
6. 
a will, or clause in a will, granting such a gift
7. 
the property so granted
Derived forms
devisable (deˈvisable)
adjective
deviser (deˈviser)
noun
Word origin
ME devisen < OFr deviser, to distribute, direct, regulate, talk < VL *divisare < L divisus, pp. of dividere: see divide

Examples of 'devise' in a sentence
devise

How do you begin to devise policy for a world like that?
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
And try to devise solutions that help us address more than one thing at the same time.
Smithsonian Mag (2017)
The organisation’s primary concern when devising the scheme was to provide as many computers using as little energy as possible.
Computing (2010)
So we devised a plan to roll out a charging structure, while enabling them to share some of the upside.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
An inventor in Finland has devised a new method of keeping dogs safe from wolves: little protective vests.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The system they devised contributed to a golden era of economic growth and stability.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
You can devise a plan to help it happen.
The Sun (2016)
To devise an immigration policy is no easy thing.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
People in various civilizations have attempted to devise schemes to look beyond the present.
Stearns, Peter N. World History: Patterns of Change and Continuity (1995)
Various ingenious methods have been devised for stirring large quantities in more than one container simultaneously.
Thompkins, Peter, Bird, Christopher Secrets of the Soil (1990)
It took me a year to devise the programme.
The Sun (2013)
He also devised a handwriting system using both small and capital letters for easier reading.
Christianity Today (2000)
You can also devise a plan to get you there.
The Sun (2009)
It was a scheme devised by an unknown power.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He could hardly be said to have "devised a feasible method for regular use.
Colin Beavan FINGERPRINTS: Murder and the Race to Uncover the Science of Identity (2002)
They proved an insufficient defence for sterling so it became necessary to devise plans and calculations for devaluation.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Engineers have devised a method for campers to recharge their phones using only the energy from an open fire.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
All the different elements must be brought together to ensure that policy is devised and implemented in a coherent fashion.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Suisse, by claiming they devised structures that helped him to hide losses.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The next step involves devising a three-month programme that is individually tailored to suit your needs.
Sedgbeer, Sandra The A-Z of Beauty Treatment (1994)
It also helps you to devise a step-by-step fitness plan.
The Sun (2010)
Last year ministers devised a grand plan to secure the school's future.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
I have devised this programme because it has worked with so many of my male clients.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
When the new student funding system was devised in 2010 the figure was just 28%.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
But it would be the first time that third parties would be asked to devise policy without the involvement of the Civil Service.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)

In other languages
devise

British English: devise /dɪˈvaɪz/ VERB
If you devise something, you have the idea for it and design it.
We devised a plan.
  • American English: devise
  • Arabic: يَبْتَكِرُ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: idealizar
  • Chinese: 策划
  • Croatian: osmisliti
  • Czech: vymyslet
  • Danish: udtænke
  • Dutch: verzinnen
  • European Spanish: idear
  • Finnish: laatia
  • French: concevoir
  • German: ersinnen
  • Greek: επινοώ
  • Italian: escogitare
  • Japanese: 考案する
  • Korean: 궁리하다
  • Norwegian: finne på
  • Polish: wymyślić
  • European Portuguese: idealizar
  • Romanian: a concepe
  • Russian: разрабатывать
  • Latin American Spanish: idear
  • Swedish: tänka ut
  • Thai: คิดขึ้นใหม่
  • Turkish: tasarlamak
  • Ukrainian: розробляти
  • Vietnamese: nghĩ ra

Chinese translation of 'devise'

devise

(dɪˈvaɪz)

vt

  1. [plan, scheme] 想出 (xiǎngchū)
  2. [machine] 设(設)计(計) (shèjì)
(verb) 
Definition
to work out (something) in one's mind
We devised a scheme to help him.
Synonyms
work out
plan
I had been planning a trip to the West Coast.
form
She rapidly formed a plan.
design
We may be able to design a course to suit your particular needs.
imagine
He could not imagine a more peaceful scene.
frame
A convention was set up to frame a constitution.
arrange
She arranged an appointment for Friday afternoon.
plot
a meeting to plot the survival strategy of the party
construct
The boxes should be constructed from rough-sawn timber.
invent
He invented the first electric clock.
conceive
I began to conceive a plan of attack.
formulate
He formulated his plan for escape.
contrive
The oil companies were accused of contriving a shortage of gasoline to justify price increases.
dream up
concoct
He said the prisoner had concocted the story to get a lighter sentence.
think up

Additional synonyms

in the sense of arrange
Definition
to plan in advance
She arranged an appointment for Friday afternoon.
Synonyms
plan,
agree,
prepare,
determine,
schedule,
organize,
construct,
devise,
contrive,
fix up,
jack up (New Zealand, informal)
in the sense of conceive
Definition
to form in the mind
I began to conceive a plan of attack.
Synonyms
think up,
form,
produce,
create,
develop,
design,
project,
purpose,
devise,
formulate,
contrive
in the sense of concoct
Definition
to invent or make up (a story or plan)
He said the prisoner had concocted the story to get a lighter sentence.
Synonyms
make up,
design,
prepare,
manufacture,
plot,
invent,
devise,
brew,
hatch,
formulate,
contrive,
fabricate,
think up,
cook up (informal),
trump up,
project

Synonyms of 'devise'

devise

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