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devise::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | contrive, excogitate, forge, formulate, invent |
| Type of | create mentally, create by mental act |
| Derivation | devisal, deviser, devising |
devise::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | inheritance, heritage, gift |
Examples of devise
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Is there a plan to devise better ways to reward, improve and discipline parents?
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The meeting at Wannsee was held not so much to devise policy as to implement it.
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The force of the oil will push the devise outwards clogging or slowing the leak.
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Other researchers will certainly devise alternative ways of measuring influence.
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The research teams have until next summer to devise and test their new software.
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A revocation would force them to devise a new plan for building on the property.
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Even if yours is a one-person business, sit down and devise a plan for the year.
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Then devise solutions appropriate for the source of your own lack of motivation.
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel was, however, able to devise a solution to this problem.
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- A will disposing of real property
- Invent: come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"
- Organize: arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office"
- (devising) the act that results in something coming to be; "the devising of plans"; "the fashioning of pots and pans"; "the making of measurements"; "it was already in the making"
- 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; To use one's intellect to plan or design (something); To leave (property) in a will
- (devising) the act of creating a plan or some object, especially a will
- (Devises) Dagger, Key, and Saber
- A legal term referring to real estate which passes through a will.
- Land is conveyed to a land trust upon the death of the landowner through the landowner's will. No income tax benefits but estate tax benefits remain.
