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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/dɪˈvaɪz/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/dɪˈvaɪz/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(di vīz′)

Inflections of 'devise' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

devises: v 3rd person singular

devising: v pres p

devised: v past

devised: v past p

de•vise /dɪˈvaɪz/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], -vised, -vis•ing.

to plan;
invent, or create from existing principles or ideas:to devise a method.

de•vise (di vīz′),USA pronunciation v., -vised, -vis•ing, n.
v.t.

to contrive, plan, or elaborate;
invent from existing principles or ideas:to devise a method.
Lawto assign or transmit (property) by will.
[Archaic.]to imagine;
suppose.

v.i.

to form a plan;
contrive.

Law
- the act of disposing of property, esp. real property, by will.
- a will or clause in a will disposing of property, esp. real property.
- the property so disposed of.

Vulgar Latin *dēvīsāre, for *dīvīsāre, frequentative of Latin dīvidere to divide; (noun, nominal) see device
Old French deviser
(verb, verbal) Middle English devisen to inspect, design, compose 1150–1200

de•vis′er, n.

prepare.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

devise /dɪˈvaɪz/ vb

to work out, contrive, or plan (something) in one's mind
(transitive) to dispose of (property, esp real property) by will

- a disposition of property by will
- the property so transmitted
a will or clause in a will disposing of real property

Etymology: 15th Century: from Old French deviser to divide, apportion, intend, from Latin dīvidere to dividedeˈviser n

'devise' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

bequeath - bequest - brew - device - fabricate - forge - formulate - get up - hatch - invent - lay - leave - machinate - make-up - ritualize - scheme - shape - technetium - think up - work out - calibrate - cast - cogitate - comment - commentator - concert - concoct - construct - contrive - counterplot - devisable - devisal - devisee - devisor - donor - dope - draw - dream - drum - engineer - excogitate - extemporize - format - frame - hack - industrious - meditate - neologize - nimble - noodle

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Collocations: devise a [plan, scheme, strategy, system, campaign] (to), devise a [method, way] (of), devise a [new, better, safer] [method] (of), more...

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