devise

contrive, plan, or elaborate; form a plan; prepare: He will devise a way to get your money.
Not to be confused with:device – a crafty scheme; gadget; design; ruse: His friendliness was only a device to gain your trust.

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D0181300 (dĭ-vīz′)tr.v. de·vised, de·vis·ing, de·vis·es 1. To form, plan, or arrange in the mind; design or contrive: devised a new system for handling mail orders.2. Law To transmit or give (real property) by will.3. Archaic To suppose; imagine.n. Law 1. a. The act of transmitting or giving real property by will.b. The property or lands so transmitted or given.2. A will or clause in a will transmitting or giving real property.

[Middle English devisen, from Old French deviser, from Vulgar Latin *dēvīsāre, from Latin *dīvīsāre, frequentative of dīvidere, to divide; see divide.]

de·vis′a·ble adj.de·vis′er n.

devise

(dɪˈvaɪz) vb1. to work out, contrive, or plan (something) in one's mind2. (Law) (tr) law to dispose of (property, esp real property) by will3. (tr) obsolete to imagine or guessn4. (Law) a. a disposition of property by willb. the property so transmitted. Compare bequeath¹5. (Law) a will or clause in a will disposing of real property. Compare bequest²[C15: from Old French deviser to divide, apportion, intend, from Latin dīvidere to divide] deˈviser n

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v. -vised, -vis•ing,
n. v.t. 1. to contrive, plan, or elaborate; invent from existing principles or ideas: to devise a method. 2. to transmit (property) by will. 3. Archaic. to imagine; suppose. v.i. 4. to form a plan; contrive. n. 5. a. the disposition of real property by will. b. a will or clause in a will disposing of property. c. the property so disposed of. [1150–1200; < Old French deviser « Latin dīvidere to divide; see device] de•vis′a•ble, adj. de•vis′er, n.

devise

1. the bequeathing of real property by will.
2. the clause in a will devising real property.See also: Property and Ownership

device

devise1. 'device'

Device (/dɪvaɪs/) is a noun. A device is an object that has been made or built for a particular purpose, such as recording or measuring something.

...a device that could measure minute quantities of matter....an electronic device.2. 'devise'

Devise (/dɪvaɪz/) is a verb. If you devise a plan, system, or machine, you have the idea for it and you work it out or design it.

The challenge was to devise a proposal that kept costs to a minimum.Year by year we devise more precise instruments with which to observe the planets.

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Past participle: devised
Gerund: devising

Imperative
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Present
I devise
you devise
he/she/it devises
we devise
you devise
they devise

Preterite
I devised
you devised
he/she/it devised
we devised
you devised
they devised

Present Continuous
I am devising
you are devising
he/she/it is devising
we are devising
you are devising
they are devising

Present Perfect
I have devised
you have devised
he/she/it has devised
we have devised
you have devised
they have devised

Past Continuous
I was devising
you were devising
he/she/it was devising
we were devising
you were devising
they were devising

Past Perfect
I had devised
you had devised
he/she/it had devised
we had devised
you had devised
they had devised

Future
I will devise
you will devise
he/she/it will devise
we will devise
you will devise
they will devise

Future Perfect
I will have devised
you will have devised
he/she/it will have devised
we will have devised
you will have devised
they will have devised

Future Continuous
I will be devising
you will be devising
he/she/it will be devising
we will be devising
you will be devising
they will be devising

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been devising
you have been devising
he/she/it has been devising
we have been devising
you have been devising
they have been devising

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been devising
you will have been devising
he/she/it will have been devising
we will have been devising
you will have been devising
they will have been devising

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been devising
you had been devising
he/she/it had been devising
we had been devising
you had been devising
they had been devising

Conditional
I would devise
you would devise
he/she/it would devise
we would devise
you would devise
they would devise

Past Conditional
I would have devised
you would have devised
he/she/it would have devised
we would have devised
you would have devised
they would have devised

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	devise - a will disposing of real propertytestament, will - a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die
	2.	devise - (law) a gift of real property by willlaw, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"inheritance, heritage - that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the ownergift - something acquired without compensation
Verb	1.	devise - come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"excogitate, invent, contrive, formulate, forgecreate by mental act, create mentally - create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands
	2.	devise - arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office"machinate, prepare, organise, organize, get upinitiate, pioneer - take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of; "This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants"put on, mount - prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance; "mount a theater production"; "mount an attack"; "mount a play"lay - prepare or position for action or operation; "lay a fire"; "lay the foundation for a new health care plan"set up - begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc.; "set up an election"sandwich - make into a sandwichspatchcock - prepare for eating if or as if a spatchcock; "spatchcock a guinea hen"embattle - prepare for battle or conflict
	3.	devise - give by will, especially real propertybequeath, will, leave - leave or give by will after one's death; "My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry"; "My grandfather left me his entire estate"

devise

verb work out, plan, form, design, imagine, frame, arrange, plot, construct, invent, conceive, formulate, contrive, dream up, concoct, think up We devised a scheme to help him.

devise

verb1. To use ingenuity in making, developing, or achieving:concoct, contrive, dream up, fabricate, formulate, hatch, invent, make up, think up.Informal: cook up.Idiom: come up with.2. To form a strategy for:blueprint, cast, chart, conceive, contrive, design, formulate, frame, lay, plan, project, scheme, strategize, work out.Informal: dope out.Idiom: lay plans.3. Law. To give (property) to another person after one's death:leave, will.Law: bequeath.

Translations

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(diˈvaiz) verb to invent; to put together. A shelter / new scheme was hurriedly devised.发明

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Devise

A testamentary disposition of land or realty; a gift of real property by the last will and testament of the donor. When used as a noun, it means a testamentary disposition of real or Personal Property, and when used as a verb, it means to dispose of real or personal property by will. To contrive; plan; scheme; invent; prepare.

devise

1) v. an old-fashioned word for giving real property by a will, as distinguished from words for giving personal property. 2) n. the gift of real property by will. (See: gift, bequest, legacy, remise, will)

devise

to dispose of property by will.

DEVISE. A devise is a disposition of real property by a person's last will and testament, to tale effect after the testator's death.
2. Its form is immaterial, provided the instrument is to take effect after the death of the party; and a paper in the form of an indenture, which is to have that effect, is considered as a devise. Finch. 195 6 Watts, 522; 3 Rawle, 15; 4 Desaus. 617, 313; 1 Mod. 117; 1 Black. R. 345.
3. The term devise, properly and technically, applies only to real estate the object of the devise must therefore be that kind of property. 1 Hill. Ab. ch. 36, n. 62 to 74. Devise is also sometimes improperly applied to a bequest or legacy. (q.v.) Vide 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 2095, et seq; 4 Kent, Com. 489 8 Vin. Ab. 41 Com. Dig. Estates by Devise.
4. In the Year Book, 9 H. VI. 24, b. A. D. 1430, Babington says, the nature of a devise, when lands are devisable, is, that one can devise that his lands shall be sold by executors and this is good. And a devise in such form has always been in use. And so a man may have frank tenement of him who had nothing, in the same manner as one may have fire from a flint, and yet there is no fire in the flint. But it is to perform the last will of the devisor.

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verb work out

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verb to use ingenuity in making, developing, or achieving

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verb to form a strategy for

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verb to give (property) to another person after one's death

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noun a will disposing of real property

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noun (law) a gift of real property by will

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verb come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort

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verb arrange by systematic planning and united effort

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verb give by will, especially real property

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