"devise" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɪˈvaɪz/ Audio: en-us-devise.ogg Forms: devises [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪz Etymology: From Middle French devise. Doublet of device. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|devise}} Middle French devise, {{doublet|en|device}} Doublet of device Head templates: {{en-noun}} devise (plural devises)
  1. The act of leaving real property in a will.
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  2. Such a will, or a clause in such a will.
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  3. The real property left in such a will.
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  4. Design, devising.
    Sense id: en-devise-en-noun-zSjrxmOB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: point-devise, residuary devise Related terms: device, devising
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /dɪˈvaɪz/ Audio: en-us-devise.ogg Forms: devises [present, singular, third-person], devising [participle, present], devised [participle, past], devised [past]
Rhymes: -aɪz Etymology: PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English devisen, devysen, from Old French deviser, from Vulgar Latin devisō, from Latin dīvisō, frequentative of dīvidō. Etymology templates: {{PIE word|en|dwóh₁}} PIE word *dwóh₁, {{inh|en|enm|devisen}} Middle English devisen, {{der|en|fro|deviser}} Old French deviser, {{der|en|VL.|devisō}} Vulgar Latin devisō, {{der|en|la|dīvisō}} Latin dīvisō Head templates: {{en-verb}} devise (third-person singular simple present devises, present participle devising, simple past and past participle devised)
  1. (transitive) To use one’s intellect to plan or design (something). Tags: transitive Translations (use the intellect to plan or design): krijoj (Albanian), sajoj (Albanian), измислям (izmisljam) (Bulgarian), изобретявам (izobretjavam) (Bulgarian), divisar (Catalan), copçar (Catalan), preveure (Catalan), devisya (Cornish), navrhnout (Czech), vymyslet [perfective] (Czech), vynalézt [perfective] (Czech), opfinde (Danish), udtænke (Danish), finde på (Danish), udarbejde (Danish), bedenken (Dutch), ontwerpen (Dutch), elpensi (Esperanto), kehitellä (Finnish), suunnitella (Finnish), keksiä (Finnish), junailla (Finnish), kekata (Finnish), masinoida (Finnish), concevoir (French), élaborer (French), idear (Galician), ausdenken (German), entwerfen (German), erdenken (German), planen (German), cum (Irish), architettare (Italian), congegnare (Italian), escogitare (Italian), inventare (Italian), 고안하다 (goanhada) (Korean), nectō (Latin), whakangārahu (Maori), concebre (Occitan), inventar (Occitan), fargar (Occitan), imaginar (Occitan), āhyċġan (Old English), پرگارلامق (pergerlemek) (Ottoman Turkish), inventar (Portuguese), tramar (Portuguese), delinear (Portuguese), projetar (Portuguese), idear (Portuguese), urzi (Romanian), разраба́тывать (razrabátyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), разрабо́тать (razrabótatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), замышля́ть (zamyšljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), замы́слить (zamýslitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), vymyslieť (Slovak), vyšpekulovať [colloquial] (Slovak), concebir (Spanish), inventar (Spanish), idear (Spanish), discurrir (Spanish), planificar (Spanish), diseñar (Spanish), hitta på (Swedish), tänka ut (Swedish), uppfinna (Swedish), tasarlamak (Turkish), đề ra (Vietnamese), vạch ra (Vietnamese), datikön (Volapük)
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  2. (transitive) To leave (property) in a will. Tags: transitive Translations (leave in a will): завещавам (zaveštavam) (Bulgarian), odkázat [perfective] (Czech), testamentere (Danish), vermaken (Dutch), testamentata (Finnish), letztwillig vermachen (German), durch Testament verfügen (German), הוריש (horísh) (Hebrew), legar (Portuguese), deixar (Portuguese), завеща́ть (zaveščátʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), zanechať (Slovak), poručiť (Slovak), odkázať (Slovak), legar (Spanish), miras bırakmak (Turkish)
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  3. (intransitive, archaic) To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider. Tags: archaic, intransitive Translations (to scheme, to plot): devisya (Cornish), vymyslet [perfective] (Czech), pianificare (Italian), whakangārahu (Maori), tramar (Spanish), maquinar (Spanish), devisar (Spanish), urdir (Spanish)
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  4. (transitive, archaic) To plan or scheme for; to plot to obtain. Tags: archaic, transitive
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  5. (obsolete) To imagine; to guess. Tags: obsolete
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: devisable, devisal, devisee, redevise
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "His fiery eies are fixt vpon the earth.\nAs if he now deuiſ’d some Stratageme:\nOr meant to pierce Auernus darkſome vauts.\nTo pull the triple headed dog from hell.",
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          "ref": "1834–1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent, volume (please specify |volume=I to X), Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company [et al.], →OCLC:",
          "text": "devising schemes to realize his ambitious views",
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          "ref": "1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational Grammar, Cambridge: University Press, →ISBN, page 23:",
          "text": "Thus, the task of the linguist devising a grammar which models the linguistic competence of the fluent native speaker is to devise a finite set of rules which are capable of specifying how to form, interpret, and pronounce an infinite set of well-formed sentences.",
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          "word": "finde på"
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          "word": "masinoida"
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          "word": "concevoir"
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          "word": "élaborer"
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          "word": "idear"
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "use the intellect to plan or design",
          "word": "ausdenken"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "use the intellect to plan or design",
          "word": "entwerfen"
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "use the intellect to plan or design",
          "word": "erdenken"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "use the intellect to plan or design",
          "word": "planen"
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        {
          "_dis1": "54 0 21 22 3",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "use the intellect to plan or design",
          "word": "cum"
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          "_dis1": "54 0 21 22 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "use the intellect to plan or design",
          "word": "architettare"
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        {
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "use the intellect to plan or design",
          "word": "congegnare"
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        {
          "_dis1": "54 0 21 22 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "use the intellect to plan or design",
          "word": "escogitare"
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          "_dis1": "54 0 21 22 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "use the intellect to plan or design",
          "word": "inventare"
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          "_dis1": "54 0 21 22 3",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "goanhada",
          "sense": "use the intellect to plan or design",
          "word": "고안하다"
        },
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "use the intellect to plan or design",
          "word": "nectō"
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        {
          "_dis1": "54 0 21 22 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "use the intellect to plan or design",
          "word": "whakangārahu"
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          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "use the intellect to plan or design",
          "word": "concebre"
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          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "use the intellect to plan or design",
          "word": "inventar"
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          "_dis1": "54 0 21 22 3",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "use the intellect to plan or design",
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          "text": "His fiery eies are fixt vpon the earth.\nAs if he now deuiſ’d some Stratageme:\nOr meant to pierce Auernus darkſome vauts.\nTo pull the triple headed dog from hell.",
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      "word": "élaborer"
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      "word": "escogitare"
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      "sense": "use the intellect to plan or design",
      "word": "inventare"
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      "sense": "use the intellect to plan or design",
      "word": "고안하다"
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      "word": "nectō"
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      "word": "whakangārahu"
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      "sense": "use the intellect to plan or design",
      "word": "concebre"
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      "word": "fargar"
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      "sense": "use the intellect to plan or design",
      "word": "imaginar"
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      "code": "ang",
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      "sense": "use the intellect to plan or design",
      "word": "āhyċġan"
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      "roman": "pergerlemek",
      "sense": "use the intellect to plan or design",
      "word": "پرگارلامق"
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      "sense": "use the intellect to plan or design",
      "word": "inventar"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "use the intellect to plan or design",
      "word": "tramar"
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      "sense": "use the intellect to plan or design",
      "word": "delinear"
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    {
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      "sense": "use the intellect to plan or design",
      "word": "projetar"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "use the intellect to plan or design",
      "word": "idear"
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      "sense": "use the intellect to plan or design",
      "word": "urzi"
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      "roman": "razrabátyvatʹ",
      "sense": "use the intellect to plan or design",
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      "word": "разраба́тывать"
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      "roman": "razrabótatʹ",
      "sense": "use the intellect to plan or design",
      "tags": [
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      "roman": "zamyšljátʹ",
      "sense": "use the intellect to plan or design",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "замышля́ть"
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      "sense": "use the intellect to plan or design",
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        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "замы́слить"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "use the intellect to plan or design",
      "word": "vymyslieť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "use the intellect to plan or design",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "vyšpekulovať"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "use the intellect to plan or design",
      "word": "concebir"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "use the intellect to plan or design",
      "word": "inventar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "use the intellect to plan or design",
      "word": "idear"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "use the intellect to plan or design",
      "word": "discurrir"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "use the intellect to plan or design",
      "word": "planificar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "use the intellect to plan or design",
      "word": "diseñar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "use the intellect to plan or design",
      "word": "hitta på"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "use the intellect to plan or design",
      "word": "tänka ut"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "use the intellect to plan or design",
      "word": "uppfinna"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "use the intellect to plan or design",
      "word": "tasarlamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "use the intellect to plan or design",
      "word": "đề ra"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "use the intellect to plan or design",
      "word": "vạch ra"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "use the intellect to plan or design",
      "word": "datikön"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "to scheme, to plot",
      "word": "devisya"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to scheme, to plot",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "vymyslet"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to scheme, to plot",
      "word": "pianificare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to scheme, to plot",
      "word": "whakangārahu"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to scheme, to plot",
      "word": "tramar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to scheme, to plot",
      "word": "maquinar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to scheme, to plot",
      "word": "devisar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to scheme, to plot",
      "word": "urdir"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zaveštavam",
      "sense": "leave in a will",
      "word": "завещавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "leave in a will",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "odkázat"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "leave in a will",
      "word": "testamentere"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "leave in a will",
      "word": "vermaken"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "leave in a will",
      "word": "testamentata"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "leave in a will",
      "word": "letztwillig vermachen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "leave in a will",
      "word": "durch Testament verfügen"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "horísh",
      "sense": "leave in a will",
      "word": "הוריש"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "leave in a will",
      "word": "legar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "leave in a will",
      "word": "deixar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaveščátʹ",
      "sense": "leave in a will",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "завеща́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "leave in a will",
      "word": "zanechať"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "leave in a will",
      "word": "poručiť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "leave in a will",
      "word": "odkázať"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "leave in a will",
      "word": "legar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "leave in a will",
      "word": "miras bırakmak"
    }
  ],
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    "devise"
  ],
  "word": "devise"
}

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      "word": "residuary devise"
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        "The act of leaving real property in a will."
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          "text": "Fines upon devises were still exacted.",
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        {
          "ref": "2010, Carl Anderson, Fragments of a Scattered Brain, →ISBN, page 83:",
          "text": "I don't know how I got to be so sour on life, but I'm constantly in solitary confinement of my own devise, […]",
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        "Design, devising."
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