Definition of devise

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Devise (v. t.) To plan or scheme for; to purpose to obtain.

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Consult :: Consult (v. t.) To bring about by counsel or contrivance; to devise; to contrive.
Fable :: Fable (v. t.) To feign; to invent; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely..
Concert :: Concert (v. t.) To plan; to devise; to arrange.
Frame :: Frame (v. t.) To originate; to plan; to devise; to contrive; to compose; in a bad sense, to invent or fabricate, as something false..
Contrivble :: Contrivble (a.) Capable of being contrived, planned, invented, or devised..
Haemoscope :: Haemoscope (n.) An instrument devised by Hermann, for regulating and measuring the thickness of a layer of blood for spectroscopic examination..
Will :: Will (v.) The legal declaration of a person's mind as to the manner in which he would have his property or estate disposed of after his death; the written instrument, legally executed, by which a man makes disposition of his estate, to take effect after his death; testament; devise. See the Note under Testament, 1..
Devised :: Devised (imp. & p. p.) of Devis.
Abator :: Abator (n.) A person who, without right, enters into a freehold on the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee..
Logarithm :: Logarithm (n.) One of a class of auxiliary numbers, devised by John Napier, of Merchiston, Scotland (1550-1617), to abridge arithmetical calculations, by the use of addition and subtraction in place of multiplication and division..
Invent :: Invent (v. t.) To discover, as by study or inquiry; to find out; to devise; to contrive or produce for the first time; -- applied commonly to the discovery of some serviceable mode, instrument, or machine..
Devise :: Devise (v. t.) To say; to relate; to describe.
Devise :: Devise (n.) Property devised, or given by will..
Able :: Able (superl.) Legally qualified; possessed of legal competence; as, able to inherit or devise property..
Conceive :: Conceive (v. t.) To form in the mind; to plan; to devise; to generate; to originate; as, to conceive a purpose, plan, hope..
Expedient :: Expedient (n.) Means devised in an exigency; shift.
Forgery :: Forgery (n.) That which is forged, fabricated, falsely devised, or counterfeited..
Whimsical :: Whimsical (a.) Odd or fantastic in appearance; quaintly devised; fantastic.
Devisee :: Devisee (n.) One to whom a devise is made, or real estate given by will..
Politic :: Politic (a.) Pertaining to, or promoting, a policy, especially a national policy; well-devised; adapted to its end, whether right or wrong; -- said of things; as, a politic treaty..
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