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Meaning of 'devise' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Devise [ n.]
- The act of giving or disposing of real estate by will; -- sometimes improperly applied to a bequest of personal estate.
- A will or testament, conveying real estate; the clause of a will making a gift of real property.
- Property devised, or given by will.
- Device. See Device.
2 . Devise [ v. i.]
- To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider.
3 . Devise [ v. t.]
- To form in the mind by new combinations of ideas, new applications of principles, or new arrangement of parts; to formulate by thought; to contrive; to excogitate; to invent; to plan; to scheme; as, to devise an engine, a new mode of writing, a plan of defense, or an argument.
- To plan or scheme for; to purpose to obtain.
- To say; to relate; to describe.
- To imagine; to guess.
- To give by will; -- used of real estate; formerly, also, of chattels.

Meaning of 'devise' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . devise [ v]
Meaning (1):
- arrange by systematic planning and united effort
Example in sentence:
  • devise a plan to take over the director's office;
  • machinate a plot;
  • organize a strike
Meaning (2):
- come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
Example in sentence:
  • excogitate a way to measure the speed of light

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