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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Devise \De*vise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Devised}; p. pr & vb
n. {Devising}.] [OF. deviser to distribute, regulate, direct,
relate, F., to chat, fr L. divisus divided, distributed, p.
p. of dividere. See {Divide}, and cf {Device}.]
1. 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 devise curious works --Ex. CCTV.
32.
Devising schemes to realize his ambitious views.
--Bancroft.
2. To plan or scheme for to purpose to obtain.
For wisdom is most riches; fools therefore They are
which fortunes do by vows devise. --Spenser.
3. To say to relate; to describe. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
4. To imagine; to guess. [Obs.] --Spenser.
5. (Law) To give by will -- used of real estate; formerly,
also of chattels.
Syn: To bequeath; invent; discover; contrive; excogitate;
imagine; plan scheme. See {Bequeath}.
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