Associations to the word «Devise»
Noun
- Shortcoming
- Try
- Cabaret
- Riddle
- Gaia
- Scaling
- Modification
- Quadrant
- Allies
- Beaufort
- Regimen
- Device
- Deception
- Knowledge
- Substitution
- Novelty
- Costume
- Obligation
- Machine
- Perseus
- Help
- Manufacture
- Clinician
- Originality
- Hypothesis
- Vocabulary
- Consideration
- Guideline
- Treasury
- Will
- Objection
- Badge
- Exchequer
- Succession
- Restraint
- Monitor
- Code
- Redmond
- Theorist
- Waterman
- Calculation
- Theory
- Infiltration
- Trafalgar
- Convention
- Tenement
- Hera
- Rebel
- Innovation
- Confederacy
- Cooke
- Conjecture
- Pride
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
Love. Fall in love and stay in love. Write only what you
love, and love what you write. The key word is love. You
have to get up in the morning and write something you love,
something to live for.