6 definitions found
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Devise \De*vise"\, verb (used without an object)
To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider.
I thought, devised, and Pallas heard my prayer. --Pope.
Note: Devise was formerly followed by of; as, let us devise
of ease. --Spenser.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Devise \De*vise"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Devised}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Devising}.] [OF. deviser to distribute, regulate, direct,
relate, F., to chat, fr. L. divisus divided, distributed, p.
p. of dividere. See {Divide}, and cf. {Device}.]
1. 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 devise curious works. --Ex. CCTV.
32.
Devising schemes to realize his ambitious views.
--Bancroft.
2. To plan or scheme for; to purpose to obtain.
For wisdom is most riches; fools therefore
They are which fortunes do by vows devise.
--Spenser.
3. To say; to relate; to describe. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
4. To imagine; to guess. [Obs.] --Spenser.
5. (Law) To give by will; -- used of real estate; formerly,
also, of chattels.
Syn: To bequeath; invent; discover; contrive; excogitate;
imagine; plan; scheme. See {Bequeath}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Devise \De*vise"\, noun [OF. devise division, deliberation, wish,
will, testament. See {Device}.]
1. The act of giving or disposing of real estate by will; --
sometimes improperly applied to a bequest of personal
estate.
2. A will or testament, conveying real estate; the clause of
a will making a gift of real property.
Fines upon devises were still exacted. --Bancroft.
3. Property devised, or given by will.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Devise \De*vise"\, noun
Device. See {Device}. [Obs.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
devise
noun
1: a will disposing of real property
2: (law) a gift of real property by will
verb
1: come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or
priciple) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to
measure the speed of light" [syn: {invent}, {contrive},
{excogitate}, {formulate}, {forge}]
2: arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate
a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over
the director's office" [syn: {organize}, {organise}, {prepare},
{get up}, {machinate}]
3: give by will, especially real property
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
134 Moby Thesaurus words for "devise":
add a codicil, arrange, assemble, assign, attested copy, beget,
bequeath, bequeathal, bequest, bestow, blueprint, breed,
bring forth, bring into being, build, calculate, call into being,
cast, chart, codicil, cogitate, coin, collogue, collude, compose,
compound, conceive, concert, concoct, connive, conspire, construct,
contrive, convey, cook up, create, cut out, design, develop,
discover, dispose of, dope out, draft, dream up, elaborate,
engender, entail, erect, evolve, execute a will, extrude,
fabricate, fashion, figure, forecast, forge, form, formulate,
frame, fudge together, generate, get up, give, give being to,
give rise to, hand down, hand on, hatch, hatch up, improvise,
indite, inheritance, intend, intrigue, invent, lay plans, leave,
legacy, legate, machinate, make, make a bequest, make a projection,
make a will, make arrangements, make do with, make up, manufacture,
mature, methodize, mint, mold, organize, originate, pass on,
patch together, piece together, plan, plan ahead, prearrange,
prefabricate, prepare, probate, procreate, produce, program,
project, put together, put up, raise, rationalize, rear, run up,
schedule, schematize, scheme, set up, shape, spawn, strike out,
systematize, testament, think out, think up, transfer, transmit,
vamp up, whomp up, will, will and bequeath, will to, work out,
work up, write
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