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devise

[ dih-vahyz ]

verb (used with object)

devised, devising.
  1. to contrive, plan, or elaborate; invent from existing principles or ideas:

    to devise a method.

  2. Theater. to develop (a play) collaboratively with the performers:

    Based on the lives of women in engineering, the students devised the play themselves.

  3. Law. to assign or transmit (property) by will.
  4. Archaic. to imagine; suppose.


verb (used without object)

devised, devising.
  1. to form a plan; contrive.

noun

  1. Law.
    1. the act of disposing of property, especially real property, by will.
    2. a will or clause in a will disposing of property, especially real property.
    3. the property so disposed of.

devise

/ »åɪˈ±¹²¹Éª³ú /

verb

  1. to work out, contrive, or plan (something) in one's mind
  2. tr law to dispose of (property, esp real property) by will
  3. obsolete.
    tr to imagine or guess
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

    1. a disposition of property by will
    2. the property so transmitted Compare bequeath
  1. a will or clause in a will disposing of real property Compare bequest
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • »å±ðˈ±¹¾±²õ±ð°ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • »å±ð·±¹¾±²õ·±ð°ù noun
  • ±è°ù±ð·»å±ð·±¹¾±²õ±ð verb (used with object) predevised predevising
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of devise1

First recorded in 1150–1200; (verb) Middle English devisen “to inspect, design, compose,†from Old French deviser, from unattested Vulgar Latin »åŧ±¹Ä«²õÄå°ù±ð, for unattested »åÄ«±¹Ä«²õÄå°ù±ð, frequentative of Latin »åÄ«±¹¾±»å±ð°ù±ð “to divide†( divide ); (noun) device
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of devise1

C15: from Old French deviser to divide, apportion, intend, from Latin »åÄ«±¹¾±»å±ð°ù±ð to divide
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See prepare.
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The prime minister is co-hosting a summit of allies in Paris to present plans, devised by senior military chiefs, that seek to deter future Russian aggression against Ukraine, including potentially posting troops there.

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We were given 10 minutes to devise a song, along with a dance.

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The Koblenz higher regional court heard the group came together in January 2022 and devised a plan which included a sabotage attack to disable the power grid.

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Askren, who has painted four homes including Fonti and Klein’s for Homes in Memoriam, devised the plan to paint lost homes after experiencing “survivor’s guilt†for not being able to share in that collective loss.

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He said the government would "finally grasp the nettle on social care reform" but that it "would take time" to devise a model fit for the future.

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