devise

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.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈvaɪz/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: 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.

Synonyms

invent

contrive

plan

create

formulate

plot

conceive

design

excogitate

think up

scheme

think out

concoct

forge

think

🤔

machinate

will

prepare

build

bequeath

fabricate

organise

organize

engineer

imagine

get up

make up

deliberate

coin

🪙

think of

form

project

originate

schedule

make

find

🔍

figure out

concert

lay out

give

frame

arrange

shape

discover

discern

compass

🧭

device

determine

come up

blueprint

Translations

escogitare

ideare

concevoir

inventar

inventer

tasarlamak

ausdenken

ingeniar

erdenken

verzinnen

επινοώ

inventar

erfinden

bedenken

entwickeln