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v. To form, plan, or arrange in the mind; design or contrive: devised a new system for handling mail orders.

v. Law To transmit or give (real property) by will.

v. Archaic To suppose; imagine.

n. The act of transmitting or giving real property by will.

n. The property or lands so transmitted or given.

n. Law A will or clause in a will transmitting or giving real property.

v. To use one's intellect to plan or design (something).

v. To leave (property) in a will.

n. the act of leaving real property in a will

n. such a will, or a clause in such a will

n. the real property left in such a will

v. 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.

v. To plan or scheme for; to purpose to obtain.

v. To say; to relate; to describe.

v. To imagine; to guess.

v. To give by will; -- used of real estate; formerly, also, of chattels.

verb-intransitive. 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.

To divide; distinguish.

To say; tell; relate; describe.

To imagine; conjecture; guess, or guess at.

To think or study out; elaborate in the mind; invent; contrive; plan: as, to devise a new machine, or a new method of doing anything; to devise a plan of defense; to devise schemes of plunder.

To plan or scheme for; purpose to obtain.

To give, assign, make over, or transmit (real property) by will.

Synonyms To concoct, concert.

To consider; lay a plan or plans; form a scheme or schemes; contrive.

n. (dē˙-vīs′ ). An obsolete spelling of device.

n. In law: The act of bequeathing by will.

n. A will or testament.

n. A gift of real property by will: sometimes loosely used of personal property.

n. The clause in a will by which such gift is made.

n. (law) a gift of real property by will

v. arrange by systematic planning and united effort

n. a will disposing of real property

v. give by will, especially real property

v. come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort

"This devise is a little far fetched but allows the narrator to continue his long life of crime and McCabe to produce an unforgettable black work."

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