devising

verb
  1. 1

    To use one's intellect to plan or design (something).

    โ€œto devise an argument; to devise a machine, or a new system of writingโ€

  2. 2

    To leave (property) in a will.

  3. 3

    To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider.

  4. 4

    To plan or scheme for; to plot to obtain.

  5. 5

    To imagine; to guess.

noun
  1. 1

    The act of creating a plan or some object, especially a will

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