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devisedevise /dɪˈvaɪz/ ●●○ verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYdeviseOrigin: 1200-1300 Old French deviser, from Latin divisus, past participle of dividere to divide VERB TABLEdevise |
| Present | I, you, we, they | devise | | he, she, it | devises | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | devised | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have devised | | he, she, it | has devised | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had devised | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will devise | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have devised |
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| Present | I | am devising | | he, she, it | is devising | | you, we, they | are devising | | Past | I, he, she, it | was devising | | you, we, they | were devising | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been devising | | he, she, it | has been devising | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been devising | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be devising | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been devising |
► devise a way/method/plan/system etc. He helped devise the campaign strategy. THESAURUSto make or design something new for the first time► inventto make or design something new for the first time: Who invented the personal computer? The children invented a new game. ► create to invent or design something: The chicken dish was created by our new chef. ► come up with (also think up) informal to think of an idea, plan, etc. that is completely new. Think up sounds more informal than come up with: Teachers constantly have to think up new ways to keep the kids interested. Carson said he came up with the idea for the book about five years ago. ► conceive formal to think of an idea, plan, etc. that is completely new: It was Dr. Salk who conceived the idea of a polio vaccine. ► devise formal to plan or invent a way of doing something: He devised a set of gates that the water could push through when the pressure became high. ► innovate to invent or begin using new ideas, equipment, or ways of doing something: Firms need to innovate to keep the attention of the market. ► dream something up informal to think of a plan or idea, especially an unusual one: The company’s name was dreamed up by Harris’s 15-year-old daughter. to plan or invent a way of doing something SYN concoct: A teacher devised the game as a way of making math fun.devise a way/method/plan/system etc. He helped devise the campaign strategy.► see thesaurus at invent [Origin: 1200–1300 Old French deviser, from Latin divisus, past participle of dividere to divide] |