DEVISE
\dɪvˈa͡ɪz], \dɪvˈaɪz], \d_ɪ_v_ˈaɪ_z]\
Definitions of DEVISE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Legal Glossary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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(law) a gift of real property by will
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a will disposing of real property
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arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office"
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give by will, especially real property
By Princeton University
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(law) a gift of real property by will
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a will disposing of real property
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arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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To plan or scheme for; to purpose to obtain.
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To say; to relate; to describe.
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To imagine; to guess.
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To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider.
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A will or testament, conveying real estate; the clause of a will making a gift of real property.
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Device. See Device.
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To give by will; - used of real estate; formerly, also, of chattels.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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To plan or scheme for; to purpose to obtain.
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To say; to relate; to describe.
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To imagine; to guess.
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To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider.
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A will or testament, conveying real estate; the clause of a will making a gift of real property.
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Device. See Device.
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To give by will; - used of real estate; formerly, also, of chattels.
By Noah Webster.
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An old legal term that is generally used to refer to real estate left to someone under the terms of a will, or to the act of leaving such real estate. In some states, "devise" now applies to any kind of property left by will, making it identical to the term bequest. Compare legacy.
By Oddity Software
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To image; scheme; contrive; concoct; bequeath or give by will.
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A gift of real property by will; a will.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To imagine: to scheme: to contrive: to give by will: to bequeath.
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Act of bequeathing: a will: property bequeathed by will.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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To consider.
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The act of giving or distributing real estate by a testator; a will; a share of estate bequeathed.
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To contrive; to form in the mind; to scheme; to bequeath by will.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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To form in the mind; to plan; to scheme; to give or bequeath by will; to contrive; to project.
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A will; a bequeathing by will; that which is bequeathed by will.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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