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devise

/dɪˈvaɪz/

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What does devise mean?

verb

  1. To use one’s intellect to plan or design (something).
  2. To leave (property) in a will.

noun

  1. The act of leaving real property in a will.
More meanings (6)

noun

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

verb

  1. (archaic) To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider.
  2. (archaic) To plan or scheme for; to plot to obtain.
  3. (obsolete) To imagine; to guess.

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IPA pronunciation

/dɪˈvaɪz/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

Other dictionary pronunciations

/dɪˈvaɪs/
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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After wearing and wasting her palpitating heart with every engine of regret that lonely inexperience could devise, common sense had illuminated her.
Thomas HardyTess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure WomanProject Gutenberg ebook #110
She was the Empress—yes, Philip was but a mere man, to devise entertainments, to provide luxuries, to humour whims, to kiss hands!
Gene Stratton-PorterA Girl of the LimberlostProject Gutenberg ebook #125
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They have preferred to devise methods of their own, and so have created a miscellaneous assortment of systems, good, bad, and indifferent.
Herbert Newton CassonThe History of the TelephoneProject Gutenberg ebook #819
Then I felt constrained to convene the Congress in extraordinary session to devise revenues to pay the ordinary expenses of the Government.
United States. PresidentsUnited States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches: From Washington to George W. BushProject Gutenberg ebook #925
Out of your grace, devise, ordain, impose Some gentle order, and then we shall be blest To do your pleasure and continue friends.
William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareProject Gutenberg ebook #100