Definition:
- (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.
- (v. t.) To plan or scheme for; to purpose to obtain.
- (v. t.) To say; to relate; to describe.
- (v. t.) To imagine; to guess.
- (v. t.) To give by will; -- used of real estate; formerly, also, of chattels.
- (v. i.) To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider.
- (n.) The act of giving or disposing of real estate by will; -- sometimes improperly applied to a bequest of personal estate.
- (n.) A will or testament, conveying real estate; the clause of a will making a gift of real property.
- (n.) Property devised, or given by will.
- (n.) Device. See Device.
Compare devise with other words:
devise vs. intent
devise vs. devised
dervise vs. devise
demise vs. devise
devise vs. revise
devise vs. visualise
devise vs. plot
devise vs. originate
derive vs. devise
absolutely vs. devise
devise vs. establish
devise vs. discover
collect vs. devise
devise vs. devisor
devisable vs. devise
devise vs. jokesmith
devise vs. engineer
devise vs. formulate
devise vs. fabricate
develop vs. devise
conceive vs. devise
devise vs. invent
devise vs. deviser
devise vs. devisee
devise vs. equal
bond vs. devise
devise vs. emulate
devise vs. extemporize
devise vs. machinate
devise vs. devising
device vs. devise
devise vs. will
clause vs. devise
devise vs. property
devise vs. leave
design vs. devise
devise vs. plan
devise vs. intellect
devise vs. give
contrive vs. devise
devise vs. forgery
devise vs. sophistry
devise vs. frame
devise vs. intestate
devise vs. hatch
devise vs. set
and vs. devise
bequeath vs. devise
ability vs. devise
devise vs. fable
cook vs. devise