Definition of devise

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Devise (v. t.) To imagine; to guess.

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Contriver :: Contriver (n.) One who contrives, devises, plans, or schemas..
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..
Contrive :: Contrive (v. t.) To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to invent; to design; to plan.
Project :: Project (v. t.) To cast forward or revolve in the mind; to contrive; to devise; to scheme; as, to project a plan..
Devise :: Devise (v. i.) To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider.
Devised :: Devised (imp. & p. p.) of Devis.
Devise :: Devise (v. t.) To imagine; to guess.
Leucoscope :: Leucoscope (n.) An instrument, devised by Professor Helmholtz, for testing the color perception of the eye, or for comparing different lights, as to their constituent colors or their relative whiteness..
Haemoscope :: Haemoscope (n.) An instrument devised by Hermann, for regulating and measuring the thickness of a layer of blood for spectroscopic examination..
Executory :: Executory (a.) Designed to be executed or carried into effect in time to come, or to take effect on a future contingency; as, an executory devise, reminder, or estate; an executory contract..
Concert :: Concert (v. t.) To plan; to devise; to arrange.
Subtle :: Subtle (superl.) Cunningly devised; crafty; treacherous; as, a subtle stratagem..
Fabricate :: Fabricate (v. t.) To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely; as, to fabricate a lie or story..
Agitate :: Agitate (v. t.) To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to plot; as, politicians agitate desperate designs..
Charity :: Charity (n.) Eleemosynary appointments [grants or devises] including relief of the poor or friendless, education, religious culture, and public institutions..
Whimsical :: Whimsical (a.) Odd or fantastic in appearance; quaintly devised; fantastic.
Extemporiness :: Extemporiness (n.) The quality of being done or devised extempor.
Slate :: Slate (v. t.) A list of candidates, prepared for nomination or for election; a list of candidates, or a programme of action, devised beforehand..
Plan :: Plan (v. t.) To scheme; to devise; to contrive; to form in design; as, to plan the conquest of a country..
Pantisocracy :: Pantisocracy (n.) A Utopian community, in which all should rule equally, such as was devised by Coleridge, Lovell, and Southey, in their younger days..
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