devise

(Engels)

Verb

1. (transitive) To use one’s intellect to plan or design (something).
2. (transitive) To leave (property) in a will.
3. (archaic, intransitive) To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider.
4. (archaic, transitive) To plan or scheme for; to plot to obtain.
5. (obsolete) To imagine; to guess.

Noun

1. The act of leaving real property in a will.
2. Such a will, or a clause in such a will.
3. The real property left in such a will.
4. Design, devising.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/dɪˈvaɪz/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: devisen

In summary

PIE word
*dwóh₁
From Middle English devisen, devysen, from Old French deviser, from Vulgar Latin devisō, from Latin dīvisō, frequentative of dīvidō.

Concepten

verzinnen

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denken

🤔

formuleren

motto

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bekonkelen

Synoniemen

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think up

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think out

concoct

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think

🤔

machinate

will

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fabricate

organise

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engineer

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coin

🪙

think of

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originate

schedule

make

find

🔍

figure out

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lay out

give

frame

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shape

discover

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compass

🧭

device

determine

come up

blueprint