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- Dictionarydevise/dɪˈvʌɪz/
verb
- 1. plan or invent (a complex procedure, system, or mechanism) by careful thought: "a training programme should be devised"
- 2. leave (something, especially real estate) to someone by the terms of a will.
noun
- 1. a clause in a will leaving something, especially real estate, to someone.
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20 hours ago · Etymology. The English meditation is derived from Old French meditacioun, in turn from Latin meditatio from a verb meditari, meaning "to think, contemplate, devise, ponder". In the Catholic tradition, the use of the term meditatio as part of a formal, stepwise process of meditation goes back to at least the 12th-century monk Guigo II, before which the Greek word theoria was used for the same ...