devise

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Synonyms: demise, device, revise, devize, devine, deuise, devide, devisee, denise, devis, dervise

Antonyms: demise, device, revise, devize, devine, deuise, devide, devisee, denise, devis, dervise

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

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.

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.

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