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Meaning
Verb
●
To use one’s
intellect
to
plan
or design (something).
●
To
leave
(property) in a will.
●
To form a
scheme
; to
lay
a
plan
; to
contrive
; to consider.
●
To
plan
or
scheme
for; to
plot
to obtain.
●
To
imagine
; to guess.
Noun
●
The
act
of
leaving
real property
in a will.
●
Such a will, or a
clause
in such a will.
●
The
real property
left
in such a will.
●
Design, devising.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
devise
English
devisen
Middle English (1100-1500)
Sourced from
Etym
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Initiate
Undertake
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