devises
/D IH0 V AY1 Z IH0 Z/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.
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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