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  Devise \De*vise"\, v. i.
     To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider.
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           I thought, devised, and Pallas heard my prayer. --Pope.
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     Note: Devise was formerly followed by of; as, let us devise
           of ease. --Spenser.
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  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.
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              To devise curious works.              --Ex. CCTV.
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              Devising schemes to realize his ambitious views.
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     2. To plan or scheme for; to purpose to obtain.
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              For wisdom is most riches; fools therefore
              They are which fortunes do by vows devise.
                                                    --Spenser.
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     3. To say; to relate; to describe. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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     4. To imagine; to guess. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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     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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  Devise \De*vise"\, n. [OF. devise division, deliberation, wish,
     will, testament. See Device.]
     1. The act of giving or disposing of real estate by will; --
        sometimes improperly applied to a bequest of personal
        estate.
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     2. A will or testament, conveying real estate; the clause of
        a will making a gift of real property.
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              Fines upon devises were still exacted. --Bancroft.
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     3. Property devised, or given by will.
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  Devise \De*vise"\, n.
     Device. See Device. [Obs.]
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  Devise \De*vise"\, v. i.
     To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider.
  
           I thought, devised, and Pallas heard my prayer. --Pope.
  
     Note: Devise was formerly followed by of; as, let us devise
           of ease. --Spenser.

  Devise \De*vise"\, n. [OF. devise division, deliberation, wish,
     will, testament. See Device.]
     1. The act of giving or disposing of real estate by will; --
        sometimes improperly applied to a bequest of personal
        estate.
  
     2. A will or testament, conveying real estate; the clause of
        a will making a gift of real property.
  
              Fines upon devises were still exacted. --Bancroft.
  
     3. Property devised, or given by will.

  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.
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              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.

  Devise \De*vise"\, n.
     Device. See Device. [Obs.]

  devise
       n 1: a will disposing of real property
       2: (law) a gift of real property by will
       v 1: come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or
            priciple) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to
            measure the speed of light" [syn: invent, contrive,
            excogitate, formulate, forge]
       2: arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate
          a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over
          the director's office" [syn: organize, organise, prepare,
           get up, machinate]
       3: give by will, especially real property

  devise
     Γαλλικά n.
     1 το σύνθημα
     2 το συνάλλαγμα

  devise
     French n.
     1 (lb fr heraldry) motto
     2 (lb fr finance) assets in foreign currency
     3 (lb fr finance by extension) currency
     French vb.
     (inflection of fr deviser  1//3 s pres ind//sub ; 2 s imp)
     n.
     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.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To use one’s intellect to plan or design
  (something).
     2 (lb en transitive) To leave (property) in a will.
     3 (lb en intransitive archaic) To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to
  contrive; to consider.
     4 (lb en transitive archaic) To plan or scheme for; to plot to
  obtain.
     5 (lb en obsolete) To imagine; to guess.

  Devise
     German n.
     1 f motto
     2 f (lb de finance in the plural) foreign currency

  devise
     n.
     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.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To use one’s intellect to plan or design
  (something).
     2 (lb en transitive) To leave (property) in a will.
     3 (lb en intransitive archaic) To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to
  contrive; to consider.
     4 (lb en transitive archaic) To plan or scheme for; to plot to
  obtain.
     5 (lb en obsolete) To imagine; to guess.

  devise
     French n.
     1 (lb fr heraldry) motto
     2 (lb fr finance) assets in foreign currency
     3 (lb fr finance by extension) currency
     French vb.
     (inflection of fr deviser  1//3 s pres ind//sub ; 2 s imp)
     n.
     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.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To use one’s intellect to plan or design
  (something).
     2 (lb en transitive) To leave (property) in a will.
     3 (lb en intransitive archaic) To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to
  contrive; to consider.
     4 (lb en transitive archaic) To plan or scheme for; to plot to
  obtain.
     5 (lb en obsolete) To imagine; to guess.

  Devise
     German n.
     1 f motto
     2 f (lb de finance in the plural) foreign currency

  devise
     French n.
     1 (lb fr heraldry) motto
     2 (lb fr finance) assets in foreign currency
     3 (lb fr finance by extension) currency
     French vb.
     (inflection of fr deviser  1//3 s pres ind//sub ; 2 s imp)
     n.
     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.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To use one’s intellect to plan or design
  (something).
     2 (lb en transitive) To leave (property) in a will.
     3 (lb en intransitive archaic) To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to
  contrive; to consider.
     4 (lb en transitive archaic) To plan or scheme for; to plot to
  obtain.
     5 (lb en obsolete) To imagine; to guess.

  Devise
     German n.
     1 f motto
     2 f (lb de finance in the plural) foreign currency

  devise
     Ranska n.
     1 tunnuslause, motto
     2 (talous) valuutta

  devise
     Engelska vb.
     hitta på, tänka ut

  Devise
     Tyska n.
     1 devis
     2 utländsk valuta

  Devise /deˈviːzə/ 
  девиз 2.
  einprägsamer Wahlspruch, Leitspruch
   3.
  ausländische Zahlungsmittel

  Devise /dˈeːvɪsə/ 
  motto , maxim 
        "jds. Devise"  - sb.'s watchword
        "unter der Devise"  - according to the motto
        "Meine Devise lautet …"  - My motto is …
     Synonyms: Motto, Parole, Wahlspruch, Maxime, Panier
  
   see: jds. Lebensmotto, jds. Lieblingsmotto
  

  Devise /deˈviːzə/ 
  devise 2.
  einprägsamer Wahlspruch, Leitspruch
   3.
  ausländische Zahlungsmittel

  Devise /deˈviːzə/ 
  mata uang 2.
  einprägsamer Wahlspruch, Leitspruch
   3.
  ausländische Zahlungsmittel

  Devise /dˈeːvɪsə/
  şorê berê

  Devise /dˈeːvɪsə/
  devies, leus, leuze, lijfspreuk, wapenspreuk, zinspreuk

  Devise /deˈviːzə/ 
  1. dewiza, motto
  einprägsamer Wahlspruch, Leitspruch
  2. dewizy
  ausländische Zahlungsmittel

  Devise /dˈeːvɪsə/
  cambial, divisa, lema

  Devise /deˈviːzə/ 
  1. lema
  einprägsamer Wahlspruch, Leitspruch
  2. divisa
  ausländische Zahlungsmittel

  Devise /deˈviːzə/ 
  1. devis
  einprägsamer Wahlspruch, Leitspruch
  2. utländsk valuta
  ausländische Zahlungsmittel

  Devise /dˈeːvɪsə/ 
  parola

  Devise /dɪvˈaɪz/
  الحصّة

  devise //dɪˈvaɪz// 
  1. завещавам
  leave in a will
  2. измислям, изобретявам
  use the intellect to plan or design

  devise /dɪvˈaɪz/ 
  navrhnout

  devise /dɪvˈaɪz/ 
  vymyslit

  devise /dɪvˈaɪz/
  vynalézt

  devise /dɪvˈaɪz/ 
  odkázat

  devise /dɪvˈaɪz/ 
  vymyslet

  devise /dɪvˈaɪz/
  Vermächtnis , letztwillige Zuwendung , Legat  [jur.]
     Synonyms: testamentary gift, legacy, bequest, bequeathment
  
   see: contingent legacy, lapsed legacy
  
           Note: real property

  devise /dɪvˈaɪz/
  
  μηχανε, επινοώ, σκαρφαρίζομαι

  devise //dɪˈvaɪz// 
  1. testamentata
  leave in a will
  2. junailla, kehitellä, kekata, keksiä, masinoida, suunnitella
  use the intellect to plan or design

  devise /dɪvˈaɪz/ 
  1. योजना~बनाना
        "We devised a scheme to clean the city."

  devise /dɪvˈaɪz/
  izmisliti, izumiti, smisliti

  devise /dɪvˈaɪz/
  végrendelkezés

  devise /dɪˈvaɪs/ 
    obmyślać, wynajdować

  devise //dɪˈvaɪz// 
  tänka ut, hitta på, uppfinna
  use the intellect to plan or design

  devise /dɪvˈaɪz/
  1. tasarlamak, plan yapmak
  2. akıl etmek, tertip etmek
  3. kurmak, icat etmek
  4. (huk.) bilhassa gayri menkul mülkü vasiyet etmek
  5. vasiyet, vasiyet yoluyla bırakılan mülk. devisable  vasiyet olunabilir
  6. tertip edilebilir devisee'  vasiyetle kendisine emlak bırakılan kimse, mirasçı, vâris

  devise /dəvˈiz/ 
  1. sturienn b (sturiennoù /styʁjɛnˈu/), ger-stur g (gerioù-sturienn /ʒəʁjˈustyʁjˈɛ̃n/)
  2. ger ardamez g (gerioù ardamez /ʒəʁjˈu aʁdamˈe/ ) (mot d'ordre)  (pays...)
  3. paper-arc'hant g (paperioù-arc'hant /papʁiˈu(en)ˈɑːkhənt(fr)/), teulenn b (teulennoù /tølɛnˈu/ ) (monnaie)

  devise /də.viz/ 
  1. девиз
  Monnaie d’un pays
  2. девиз, мото 2.
  Sentence qui accompagne les armoiries
   3.
  Un ou plusieurs mots exprimant la manière de penser, de sentir, d’agir de quelqu’un

  devise /də.viz/ 
  1. Devise
  Monnaie d’un pays
  2. Motto, Wahlspruch
  Sentence qui accompagne les armoiries
  3. Motto, Devise
  Un ou plusieurs mots exprimant la manière de penser, de sentir, d’agir de quelqu’un

  devise /də.viz/ 
  ρητό 2.
  Sentence qui accompagne les armoiries
   3.
  Un ou plusieurs mots exprimant la manière de penser, de sentir, d’agir de quelqu’un

  devise /dəviz/ 
  1. motto
  2. currency

  devise /də.viz/ 
  1. motto, tunnuslause, iskulause
  Sentence qui accompagne les armoiries
  2. motto, tunnuslause
  Un ou plusieurs mots exprimant la manière de penser, de sentir, d’agir de quelqu’un

  devise /də.viz/ 
  motto 2.
  Sentence qui accompagne les armoiries
   3.
  Un ou plusieurs mots exprimant la manière de penser, de sentir, d’agir de quelqu’un

  devise /də.viz/ 
  devizas 2.
  Sentence qui accompagne les armoiries
   3.
  Un ou plusieurs mots exprimant la manière de penser, de sentir, d’agir de quelqu’un

  devise /dəviz/
  devies, motto

  devise /də.viz/ 
  1. waluta
  Monnaie d’un pays
  2. dewiza, dewiza herbowa
  Sentence qui accompagne les armoiries
  3. dewiza, motto
  Un ou plusieurs mots exprimant la manière de penser, de sentir, d’agir de quelqu’un

  devise /də.viz/ 
  1. lema, divisa
  Sentence qui accompagne les armoiries
  2. mote, divisa
  Un ou plusieurs mots exprimant la manière de penser, de sentir, d’agir de quelqu’un

  devise /də.viz/ 
  девиз 2.
  Sentence qui accompagne les armoiries
   3.
  Un ou plusieurs mots exprimant la manière de penser, de sentir, d’agir de quelqu’un

  devise /də.viz/ 
  1. divisa
  Monnaie d’un pays
  2. lema
  Sentence qui accompagne les armoiries
  3. lema, divisa
  Un ou plusieurs mots exprimant la manière de penser, de sentir, d’agir de quelqu’un

  devise /də.viz/ 
  motto, devis, valspråk 2.
  Sentence qui accompagne les armoiries
   3.
  Un ou plusieurs mots exprimant la manière de penser, de sentir, d’agir de quelqu’un

  devise /dəvˈiz/ 
  1.  [Sentence qui accompagne les armoiries] slogan, moto
  2.  [Un ou plusieurs mots exprimant la manière de penser, de sentir, d’agir de quelqu’un] slogan, moto

  
/ˈdeːvizə/

  
/dɪˈvaɪs/, /dɪˈvaɪz/

  DEVISEE. A person to whom a devise has been made.
       2. All persons who are in rerum natura, and even embryos, may be 
  devisees, unless excepted by some positive law. In general, he who can 
  acquire property by his labor and industry, may receive a devise. C. & N. 
  353. 
  
  

  134 Moby Thesaurus words for "devise":
     add a codicil, arrange, assemble, assign, attested copy, beget,
     bequeath, bequeathal, bequest, bestow, blueprint, breed,
     bring forth, bring into being, build, calculate, call into being,
     cast, chart, codicil, cogitate, coin, collogue, collude, compose,
     compound, conceive, concert, concoct, connive, conspire, construct,
     contrive, convey, cook up, create, cut out, design, develop,
     discover, dispose of, dope out, draft, dream up, elaborate,
     engender, entail, erect, evolve, execute a will, extrude,
     fabricate, fashion, figure, forecast, forge, form, formulate,
     frame, fudge together, generate, get up, give, give being to,
     give rise to, hand down, hand on, hatch, hatch up, improvise,
     indite, inheritance, intend, intrigue, invent, lay plans, leave,
     legacy, legate, machinate, make, make a bequest, make a projection,
     make a will, make arrangements, make do with, make up, manufacture,
     mature, methodize, mint, mold, organize, originate, pass on,
     patch together, piece together, plan, plan ahead, prearrange,
     prefabricate, prepare, probate, procreate, produce, program,
     project, put together, put up, raise, rationalize, rear, run up,
     schedule, schematize, scheme, set up, shape, spawn, strike out,
     systematize, testament, think out, think up, transfer, transmit,
     vamp up, whomp up, will, will and bequeath, will to, work out,
     work up, write
  
  

  v. 设计;

     vt. 设计,发明,图谋,遗赠给
     n. 遗赠