Associations to the word «Devise»
Noun
- Endeavor
- Detecting
- Celestial
- Camouflage
- Emblem
- Descartes
- Choreography
- Scenario
- Meth
- Recount
- Calendar
- Astronomer
- Blackmail
- Plight
- Rent
- Instrument
- Heretic
- Subtlety
- Projector
- Quiz
- Grief
- Blueprint
- Policy
- Possessor
- Presidency
- Routine
- Paradox
- Interrogation
- Torment
- Vengeance
- Safeguard
- Pedagogy
- Fingerprint
- Syndicate
- Calculus
- Refinement
- Gift
- Counter
- Dies
- Telegraph
- Programme
- Julius
- Token
- Concept
- Arrangement
- Understanding
- Purpose
- Rescue
- Distress
- Task
- Peril
- Scale
- Trick
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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