transitive verb. To form, plan, or arrange in the mind; design or contrive.

transitive verb. To transmit or give (real property) by will.

transitive verb. To suppose; imagine.

noun. undefined

noun. The act of transmitting or giving real property by will.

noun. The property or lands so transmitted or given.

noun. A will or clause in a will transmitting or giving real property.

noun. (dē˙-vīs′ ). An obsolete spelling of device.

noun. In law: The act of bequeathing by will.

noun. A will or testament.

noun. A gift of real property by will: sometimes loosely used of personal property.

noun. The clause in a will by which such gift is made.

To divide; distinguish.

To say; tell; relate; describe.

To imagine; conjecture; guess, or guess at.

To think or study out; elaborate in the mind; invent; contrive; plan: as, to devise a new machine, or a new method of doing anything; to devise a plan of defense; to devise schemes of plunder.

To plan or scheme for; purpose to obtain.

To give, assign, make over, or transmit (real property) by will.

Synonyms To concoct, concert.

To consider; lay a plan or plans; form a scheme or schemes; contrive.

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

transitive verb. 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.

transitive verb. To plan or scheme for; to purpose to obtain.

transitive verb. To say; to relate; to describe.

transitive verb. To imagine; to guess.

transitive verb. To give by will; -- used of real estate; formerly, also, of chattels.

noun. Device. See device.

noun. The act of giving or disposing of real estate by will; -- sometimes improperly applied to a bequest of personal estate.

noun. A will or testament, conveying real estate; the clause of a will making a gift of real property.

noun. Property devised, or given by will.

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

verb. To leave (property) in a will.

noun. the act of leaving real property in a will

noun. such a will, or a clause in such a will

noun. the real property left in such a will

noun. (law) a gift of real property by will

verb. arrange by systematic planning and united effort

noun. a will disposing of real property

verb. give by will, especially real property

verb. come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort