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Devise   /dɪvˈaɪz/  /dɪvˈaɪs/   Listen
verb
Devise  v. t.  (past & past part. devised; pres. part. devising)  
1.
To form in the mind by new combinations of ideas, new applications of principles, or new arrangement of parts; to formulate by thought; to contrive; to excogitate; to invent; to plan; to scheme; as, to devise an engine, a new mode of writing, a plan of defense, or an argument. "To devise curious works." "Devising schemes to realize his ambitious views."
2.
To plan or scheme for; to purpose to obtain. "For wisdom is most riches; fools therefore They are which fortunes do by vows devise."
3.
To say; to relate; to describe. (Obs.)
4.
To imagine; to guess. (Obs.)
5.
(Law) To give by will; used of real estate; formerly, also, of chattels.
Synonyms: To bequeath; invent; discover; contrive; excogitate; imagine; plan; scheme. See Bequeath.


Devise  v. i.  To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider. "I thought, devised, and Pallas heard my prayer." Note: Devise was formerly followed by of; as, let us devise of ease.


noun
Devise  n.  
1.
The act of giving or disposing of real estate by will; sometimes improperly applied to a bequest of personal estate.
2.
A will or testament, conveying real estate; the clause of a will making a gift of real property. "Fines upon devises were still exacted."
3.
Property devised, or given by will.


Devise  n.  Device. See Device. (Obs.)





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"Devise" Quotes from Famous Books



... those who have social welfare at heart must come to the rescue, and devise and put up samples, of the best that modern science can offer, to rent for $300 to $500 a year. Let any one who loves his kind, if he have a talent this way, not wrap it in a napkin, but give it to the builder and the philanthropist to materialize. Now is the time ...
— The Cost of Shelter • Ellen H. Richards
... worthy to be put in the balance with the glory which is to be manifested in us. They have endured, in the first place, all the outrages that could be heaped upon them by the multitude, outcries, blows, thefts, spoliation, stoning, imprisonment, all that the fury of the people could devise against hated enemies. Then, dragged to the Forum by the military tribune and the magistrates of the city, they have been questioned before the people and cast into prison until the coming of the governor. He, from the moment our people ...
— The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 • Various
... want those hearbe's and rootes of Indian soile, That strengthen wearie members in their toile— Druggs and Electuaries of new devise, Doe shunne my purse, that trembles at ...
— The Choise of Valentines - Or the Merie Ballad of Nash His Dildo • Thomas Nash
... who had served forty years, either under others or in command, was experienced in the vicissitudes of war, prosperous or disastrous, and thence undaunted. Weighing, therefore, all probabilities, he could devise no other expedient than that of restraining the enemy to the wood until he had sent forward all the wounded and baggage; for between the mountains and the marshes there stretched a plain large enough to admit a small ...
— The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 • Various
... men looked thoughtful, and began to devise riddles that his Majesty should be unable to guess. But the King was a shrewd monarch, and each one of the riddles presented to ...
— Mother Goose in Prose • L. Frank Baum


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