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devise

Pronunciation: /dɪˈvaɪz/

The English word “devise” has 9 meanings listed here.

verb

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

Etymology

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

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