Associations to the word «Devise»

Wiktionary

DEVISE, verb. (transitive) To use one's intellect to plan or design (something).
DEVISE, verb. (transitive) To leave (property) in a will.
DEVISE, verb. (intransitive) (archaic) To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider.
DEVISE, verb. (transitive) (archaic) To plan or scheme for; to plot to obtain.
DEVISE, verb. (obsolete) To imagine; to guess.
DEVISE, noun. The act of leaving real property in a will.
DEVISE, noun. Such a will, or a clause in such a will.
DEVISE, noun. The real property left in such a will.
DEVISE, noun. Design, devising.

Dictionary definition

DEVISE, noun. A will disposing of real property.
DEVISE, noun. (law) a gift of real property by will.
DEVISE, verb. Come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light".
DEVISE, verb. Arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office".
DEVISE, verb. Give by will, especially real property.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley