devise

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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de·vise

 (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.

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

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de·vis′a·ble adj.

de·vis′er n.

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devise

(dɪˈvaɪz)

vb

1. to work out, contrive, or plan (something) in one's mind

2. (Law) (tr) law to dispose of (property, esp real property) by will

3. (tr) obsolete to imagine or guess

n

4. (Law)

a. a disposition of property by will

b. the property so transmitted. Compare bequeath¹

5. (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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de•vise

(dɪˈvaɪz)

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.

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devise

1. the bequeathing of real property by will.
2. the clause in a will devising real property.

See also: Property and Ownership

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device

– devise

1. '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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devise

Past participle: devised
Gerund: devising

Imperative

devise

devise

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	devise - a will disposing of real property testament, 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 will law, 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 owner gift - 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, forge create 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 up initiate, 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 sandwich spatchcock - 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 property bequeath, 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"

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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.

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devise

verb

1. 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.

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Translations

يَبْتَكِرُيَبْتَكِر، يَبْتَدِع

vymyslet

udtænkefinde påopfindetestamentereudarbejde

ausdenkenerdenkenersinnen

επινοώσκαρώνω

concebirinventartramarelaborarencontrar

keksiälaatiasuunnitellatestamentata

concevoirdeviseinventer

osmisliti

hugsa upp

idearearchitettarecongegnareescogitare

考案する

궁리하다

sukurpti

izdomātizgudrot

bedenkenverzinnen

finne på

wymyślić

idealizar

разрабатывать

tänka ut

คิดขึ้นใหม่

tasarlamakicat etmek

nghĩ ra

发明策划

devise

[dɪˈvaɪz] VT (= conceive) [+ strategy] → concebir, idear; [+ gadget] → inventar; [+ plan] → elaborar; [+ solution] → encontrar
to devise a way to kill sb → tramar la muerte de algn

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

devise

[dɪˈvaɪz] vt [+ plan, scheme] → imaginer, concevoir; [+ machine] → inventer

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

devise

vt

scheme, style → sich (dat) → ausdenken; way, means → finden; plan → schmieden; strategy, policy → ausarbeiten

(Jur) → hinterlassen, vermachen

n (Jur) → Vermächtnis nt, → Hinterlassenschaft f

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devise

[dɪˈvaɪz] vt → escogitare, concepire, ideare

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

devise

(diˈvaiz) verb

to invent; to put together. A shelter / new scheme was hurriedly devised. uitdink, versin يَبْتَكِر، يَبْتَدِع измислям inventar vymyslet ausdenken udtænke επινοώ, σκαρώνωconcebir, inventar, tramar, maquinar välja mõtlema ساختن؛ ابداع کردن keksiä inventer, combiner לְהַמצִיא योजना बनाना izumiti, izmisliti (meg)szerkeszt menciptakan hugsa upp escogitare 考案する 고안하다 sugalvoti, sukurpti izdomāt; izgudrot mereka bedenkentenke ut; sette sammenobmyślać, budować تدبيركول، اختراع كول، تجويز كول: (حق) په ميراث پريښودل، په وصيت وركول (ميراث inventar a inventa, a născoci придумывать vymyslieť izmisliti si izumeti hitta på, tänka ut, uppfinna คิดขึ้นใหม่ tasarlamak, icat etmek 發明 вигадувати; винаходити ایجاد کرنا đặt kế hoạch 发明

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devise

→ يَبْتَكِرُ vymyslet udtænke ersinnen επινοώ idear laatia concevoir osmisliti escogitare 考案する 궁리하다 verzinnen finne på wymyślić idealizar разрабатывать tänka ut คิดขึ้นใหม่ tasarlamak nghĩ ra 策划

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devise

vt. idear, inventar, considerar.

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