Definition of "devise" in Englisch

verb

1. (transitive) To use one’s intellect to plan or design (something).

   • Near-synonyms: lay, set, design, plan, create
   • to devise an argument; to devise a machine, or a new system of writing

2. (transitive) To leave (property) in a will.

3. (intransitive, archaic) To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider.

4. (transitive, archaic) To plan or scheme for; to plot to obtain.

5. (obsolete) To imagine; to guess.

noun

1. The act of leaving real property in a will.

2. Such a will, or a clause in such a will.

3. The real property left in such a will.

4. Design, devising.