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Imagine :: Imagine (v. t.) To contrive in purpose; to scheme; to devise; to compass; to purpose. See Compass, v. t., 5..

Self-devised :: Self-devised (a.) Devised by one's self.

Prepense :: Prepense (v. t.) Devised, contrived, or planned beforehand; preconceived; premeditated; aforethought; -- usually placed after the word it qualifies; as, malice prepense..

Subtle :: Subtle (superl.) Cunningly devised; crafty; treacherous; as, a subtle stratagem..

Devise :: Devise (n.) Device. See Device.

Devise :: Devise (v. t.) To say; to relate; to describe.

Devise :: Devise (v. t.) To give by will; -- used of real estate; formerly, also, of chattels..

Project :: Project (n.) That which is projected or designed; something intended or devised; a scheme; a design; a plan.

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..

Trust :: Trust (n.) An estate devised or granted in confidence that the devisee or grantee shall convey it, or dispose of the profits, at the will, or for the benefit, of another; an estate held for the use of another; a confidence respecting property reposed in one person, who is termed the trustee, for the benefit of another, who is called the cestui que trust..

Imagine :: Imagine (v. i.) To form images or conceptions; to conceive; to devise.

Concert :: Concert (v. t.) To plan; to devise; to arrange.

Intestate :: Intestate (a.) Not devised or bequeathed; not disposed of by will; as, an intestate estate..

Plot :: Plot (v. t.) To plan; to scheme; to devise; to contrive secretly.

Geissler Tube :: Geissler tube () A glass tube provided with platinum electrodes, and containing some gas under very low tension, which becomes luminous when an electrical discharge is passed through it; -- so called from the name of a noted maker in germany. It is called also Plucker tube, from the German physicist who devised it..

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..

Machination :: Machination (n.) That which is devised; a device; a hostile or treacherous scheme; an artful design or plot.

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

Forgery :: Forgery (n.) That which is forged, fabricated, falsely devised, or counterfeited..

Conceive :: Conceive (v. t.) To form in the mind; to plan; to devise; to generate; to originate; as, to conceive a purpose, plan, hope..

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