Definition of devise

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

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Fabricate :: Fabricate (v. t.) To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely; as, to fabricate a lie or story..
Fabulous :: Fabulous (a.) Feigned, as a story or fable; related in fable; devised; invented; not real; fictitious; as, a fabulous description; a fabulous hero..
Devise :: Devise (n.) A will or testament, conveying real estate; the clause of a will making a gift of real property..
Prepense :: Prepense (v. t.) Devised, contrived, or planned beforehand; preconceived; premeditated; aforethought; -- usually placed after the word it qualifies; as, malice prepense..
Devised :: Devised (imp. & p. p.) of Devis.
Subtle :: Subtle (superl.) Cunningly devised; crafty; treacherous; as, a subtle stratagem..
Voltaic :: Voltaic (a.) Of or pertaining to Alessandro Volta, who first devised apparatus for developing electric currents by chemical action, and established this branch of electric science; discovered by Volta; as, voltaic electricity..
Device :: Device (n.) That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice..
Whimsical :: Whimsical (a.) Odd or fantastic in appearance; quaintly devised; fantastic.
Contrivble :: Contrivble (a.) Capable of being contrived, planned, invented, or devised..
Testable :: Testable (a.) Capable of being devised, or given by will..
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..
Fudge :: Fudge (v. t.) To make up; to devise; to contrive; to fabricate.
Machination :: Machination (n.) That which is devised; a device; a hostile or treacherous scheme; an artful design or plot.
Haemoscope :: Haemoscope (n.) An instrument devised by Hermann, for regulating and measuring the thickness of a layer of blood for spectroscopic examination..
Deviser :: Deviser (n.) One who devises.
Plot :: Plot (v. t.) To plan; to scheme; to devise; to contrive secretly.
Charity :: Charity (n.) Eleemosynary appointments [grants or devises] including relief of the poor or friendless, education, religious culture, and public institutions..
Forgery :: Forgery (n.) That which is forged, fabricated, falsely devised, or counterfeited..
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