Associations to the word «Devise»
Noun
- Libby
- Grille
- Holmes
- Extermination
- Cipher
- Exaggeration
- Inventor
- Pandora
- Melt
- Mathematician
- Storyline
- Inconsistency
- Contingency
- Machinery
- Imposition
- Script
- Dietrich
- Wisdom
- Blunder
- Pendulum
- Questionnaire
- Somme
- Consultation
- Planner
- Chemist
- Pretext
- Quiet
- Mischief
- Therapist
- Escape
- Morse
- Simpler
- Odysseus
- Imagination
- Oliver
- Classification
- Hem
- Formula
- Practical
- Delegate
- Numbering
- Statute
- Chadwick
- Physicist
- Foe
- Sykes
- System
- Je
- Recipe
- Approximation
- Cure
Adjective
Verb
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
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truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.