ALL meanings of devise
de·vise
D d - verb devise If you devise a plan, system, or machine, you have the idea for it and design it. 3
- verb devise to work out, contrive, or plan (something) in one's mind 3
- verb devise to dispose of (property, esp real property) by will 3
- verb devise to imagine or guess 3
- noun devise a disposition of property by will 3
- noun devise the property so transmitted 3
- noun devise a will or clause in a will disposing of real property 3
- verb transitive devise to work out or create (something) by thinking; contrive; plan; invent 3
- verb transitive devise to bequeath (real property) by will 3
- verb transitive devise to make secret plans for; plot 3
- verb transitive devise to guess or imagine 3
- noun devise a gift of real property by will 3
- noun devise a will, or clause in a will, granting such a gift 3
- noun devise the property so granted 3
- verb with object devise to contrive, plan, or elaborate; invent from existing principles or ideas: to devise a method. 1
- verb with object devise Law. to assign or transmit (property) by will. 1
- verb with object devise Archaic. to imagine; suppose. 1
- verb without object devise to form a plan; contrive. 1
- noun devise Law. the act of disposing of property, especially real property, by will. a will or clause in a will disposing of property, especially real property. the property so disposed of. 1
- noun devise Plan or invent (a complex procedure, system, or mechanism) by careful thought. 1
- transitive verb devise invent: idea, plan 1
- transitive verb devise law: assign 1
- noun devise The act of leaving real property in a will. 0
- noun devise Such a will, or a clause in such a will. 0
- noun devise The real property left in such a will. 0
- noun devise Design, devising. 0
- verb devise (Transitive Verb) To use one's intellect to plan or design (something). 0
- verb devise (Transitive Verb) To leave (property) in a will. 0
- verb devise (Intransitive Verb) (archaic) To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider. 0
- verb devise (Transitive Verb) (archaic) To plan or scheme for; to plot to obtain. 0
- verb devise (Obsolete (No longer in use)) To imagine; to guess. 0