Definition of Devise

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Devise

To form in the mind by new combinations of ideas, new applications of principles, or new arrangement of parts; to formulate by thought; to contrive; to excogitate; to invent; to plan; to scheme; as, to devise an engine, a new mode of writing, a plan of defense, or an argument.

To plan or scheme for; to purpose to obtain.

To say; to relate; to describe.

To imagine; to guess.

To give by will; -- used of real estate; formerly, also, of chattels.

To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider.

The act of giving or disposing of real estate by will; -- sometimes improperly applied to a bequest of personal estate.

A will or testament, conveying real estate; the clause of a will making a gift of real property.

Property devised, or given by will.

Device. See Device.

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Devise Quotations

A principle is the expression of perfection, and as imperfect beings like us cannot practise perfection, we devise every moment limits of its compromise in practice.
Mohandas Gandhi

Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does nature because in her inventions nothing is lacking, and nothing is superfluous.
Leonardo da Vinci

In old times people used to try and square the circle; now they try and devise schemes for satisfying the Irish nation.
Samuel Butler

But when you're deprived of it for a lengthy period then you value human companionship. But you have to survive and so you devise all kinds of mental exercises and it's amazing.
Wole Soyinka

The modern mind tends to be more and more critical and analytical in spirit, hence it must devise for itself an engine of expression which is logically defensible at every point and which tends to correspond to the rigorous spirit of modern science.
Edward Sapir

To devise an information processing system capable of getting along on its own - it must handle its own problems of programming, bookkeeping, communication and coordination with its users. It must appear to its users as a single, integrated personality.
Cliff Shaw

It is impossible to devise a scientific experiment to describe the creation process, or even to ascertain whether such a process can take place. The Creator does not create at the whim of a scientist.
Henry M. Morris

My first care the following morning was, to devise some means of discovering the man in the grey cloak.
Adelbert von Chamisso

I found it liberating of necessity to devise my own style and my own tactics and to look for a voice on the instrument because there weren't really any that impacted strongly on me.
Steve Swallow

Devise Translations

devise in Latin is extundo
devise in Norwegian is tenke ut
devise in Spanish is disposiciones testamentarias

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