Associations to the word «Devise»
Noun
- Ingenuity
- Scheme
- Plan
- Strategy
- Ruse
- Method
- Means
- Remedy
- Invention
- Wit
- Tactic
- Solution
- Compass
- Lure
- Algorithm
- Trap
- Measuring
- Experiment
- Measure
- Psychologist
- Linguist
- Edison
- Technique
- Motto
- Procedure
- Compromise
- Render
- Mechanism
- Test
- Wendell
- Taxation
- Scientist
- Construct
- Terminology
- Mankind
- Colleague
- Execution
- Orthography
- Antecedent
- Lagos
- Implement
- Alphabet
- Overflow
- Repentance
- Bondage
- Devise
- Gan
- Apparatus
- Bot
- Commandment
- Bribe
- Notation
- Envy
- Lust
- Amour
- Tremble
- Wherefore
- Nomenclature
Adjective
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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
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.