devise

tr.v., -vised, -vis·ing, -vis·es.

1. To form, plan, or arrange in the mind; design or contrive: devised a new system for handling mail orders.
2. Law. To transmit or give (real property) by will.
3. Archaic. To suppose; imagine.

n. Law

1. 1. The act of transmitting or giving real property by will.
   2. The property or lands so transmitted or given.
2. A will or clause in a will transmitting or giving real property.

[Middle English devisen, from Old French deviser, from Vulgar Latin *dēvīsāre, from Latin *dīvīsāre, frequentative of dīvidere, to divide. See divide.]

devisable de·vis'a·ble adj.
deviser de·vis'er n.

Gift of Real Property made by will. In modern usage, the term may also embrace testamentary gifts of Personal Property. See also Bequest.

A gift of real estate by Will or last testament. Compare with Bequeath.
Example: In his will, Abel devises his home to his daughter. He Bequeaths his automobile to his son.

verb

1. To use ingenuity in making, developing, or achieving: concoct, contrive, dream up, fabricate, formulate, hatch, invent, make up, think up. Informal cook up. Idioms: come up with. See make/unmake.
2. To form a strategy for: blueprint, cast, chart, conceive, contrive, design, formulate, frame, lay¹, plan, project, scheme, strategize, work out. Informal dope out. Idioms: lay plans. See planned/unplanned.
3. To give (property) to another person after one's death: leave¹, will. Law bequeath. See give/take/reciprocity, law.

v

Definition: conceive, dream up
Antonyms: borrow

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This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

A testamentary disposition of land or realty; a gift of real property by the last will and testament of the donor. When used as a noun, it means a testamentary disposition of real or personal property, and when used as a verb, it means to dispose of real or personal property by will. To contrive; plan; scheme; invent; prepare.

IN BRIEF: To work out or form a new idea in the mind.

We must devise a way to protect children from violence.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - udtænke, testamentere
n. - udtænkning, testamentarisk disposition

Nederlands (Dutch)
uitdenken, (het) nalaten, testamentaire beschikking

Français (French)
v. tr. - imaginer, inventer, concevoir, tramer, ourdir, combiner, machiner, (Jur) léguer
n. - (Jur) legs (de bien immobiliers)

Deutsch (German)
v. - planen, aushecken, entwerfen, hinterlassen
n. - Hinterlassung

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - επινοώ, μηχανεύομαι, σκαρώνω, (νομ.) κληροδοτώ
n. - (νομ.) κληροδοσία, κληρονόμημα, κληρονομιά

Italiano (Italian)
macchinare, inventare, lasciare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - arquitetar
n. - legado (m)

Русский (Russian)
разработать, завещать недвижимость

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - idear, concebir, imaginar, diseñar, inventar, trabar, maquinar, legar
n. - legado, herencia

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - hitta på, uppfinna
n. - testamentering

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
设计, 图谋, 发明, 遗赠

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 設計, 圖謀, 發明
n. - 遺贈

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - (방안을) 모색하다, 착안하다, (부동산을) 유증하다
n. - 유증

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 工夫する, 考案する, 発明する, 遺言して譲る

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يخترع, يستنبط, يبتكر, يورث ( ممتلكات) بوصيه (الاسم) يورث ممتلكات بوصيه, وصيه بممتلكات, الممتلكات المورثه بوصيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮המציא, תכנן, הוריש, הנחיל‬
n. - ‮המצאה, תכנון, הורשה‬

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