DEVISE

devise

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.

Verb

  1. To use one's intellect to plan or design (something).
    to devise an argument; to devise a machine, or a new system of writing
  2. To leave (property) in a will.
  3. To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider.
  4. To plan or scheme for; to plot to obtain.
  5. To imagine; to guess.


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