Devise
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English
Verb
Devise (third-person singular simple present Devises, present participle devising, simple past and past participle devised)
- (transitive) To use one's intellect to plan or design (something).
- (transitive) To leave (property) in a will.
Noun
Devise (plural Devises)- 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
Adverbs for Devise
ingeniously; carefully; cunningly; peculiarly; subtly; specially; grotesquely; elaborately; crudely;deviously; clumsily; conveniently; frugally; shrewdly; sufficiently;comfortably; artificially; effectively; symbolically; economically; curiously; automatically; scholastically; hazardously; suitably; amazingly.
Synonyms for Devise
bequeath, will, arrange, make, contrive, plan, invent, prepare, concoct.
Antonyms for Devise
Thesaurus
add a codicil, arrange, assemble, assign, attested copy, beget, bequeath, bequeathal, bequest, bestow, blueprint, breed, bring forth, bring into being, build, calculate, call into being, cast, chart, codicil, cogitate, coin, collogue, collude, compose, compound, conceive, concert, concoct, connive, conspire, construct, contrive, convey, cook up, create, cut out, design, develop, discover, dispose of, dope out, draft, dream up, elaborate, engender, entail, erect, evolve, execute a will, extrude, fabricate, fashion, figure, forecast, forge, form, formulate, frame, fudge together, generate, get up, give, give being to, give rise to, hand down, hand on, hatch, hatch up, improvise, indite, inheritance, intend, intrigue, invent, lay plans, leave, legacy, legate, machinate, make, make a bequest, make a projection, make a will, make arrangements, make do with, make up, manufacture, mature, methodize, mint, mold, organize, originate, pass on, patch together, piece together, plan, plan ahead, prearrange, prefabricate, prepare, probate, procreate, produce, program, project, put together, put up, raise, rationalize, rear, run up, schedule, schematize, scheme, set up, shape, spawn, strike out, systematize, testament, think out, think up, transfer, transmit, vamp up, whomp up, will, will and bequeath, will to, work out, work up, write
Etymology
Middle English devisen, devysen, from Latin devisare, frequentative of devidere.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aɪz
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Anagrams
French
Etymology
From deviser.
Pronunciation
Noun
Devise f. (plural Devises)
