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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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Devised is the past tense and past participle of devise, which means to invent a plan, system, object, etc., usually using your intelligence or imagination. See how to use devised in sentences from the Cambridge English Corpus.
- English (US)
to invent a plan, system, object, etc., usually using your...
- Znaczenie Devised, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
DEVISED definicja: 1. past simple and past participle of...
- Devoid
DEVOID definition: 1. to lack or be without something that...
- Devious
DEVIOUS definition: 1. Devious people or plans and methods...
- Devoice
DEVOICE definition: 1. to pronounce a sound that is usually...
- Cambridge English Dictionary에서의 의미
devised 의미, 정의, devised의 정의: 1. past simple and past...
- Respective
RESPECTIVE definition: 1. relating or belonging to each of...
- Cartoon
CARTOON definition: 1. a drawing, especially in a newspaper...
- English (US)
1. a. : to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent. devise a new strategy. b. archaic : conceive, imagine. c. : to plan to obtain or bring about : plot. devise one's death. 2. law : to give (real estate) by will (see will entry 2 sense 1) compare bequeath. devisable. di-ˈvī-zə-bəl. adjective.
Devise means to invent a plan, system, object, etc., usually using your intelligence or imagination. It can also mean to leave someone money or property in a will. See how to use devise in different contexts and languages.
to invent a plan, system, object, etc., usually using your intelligence or imagination: He's good at devising language games that you can play with students in class. The cartoon characters Snoopy and Charlie Brown were devised by Charles M. Schultz. Fewer examples.
, de·vised, de·vis·ing. to contrive, plan, or elaborate; invent from existing principles or ideas: to devise a method. Theater. to develop (a play) collaboratively with the performers: Based on the lives of women in engineering, the students devised the play themselves. Law. to assign or transmit (property) by will. Archaic. to imagine; suppose.
Devised definition: contrived, planned, invented, or designed. See examples of DEVISED used in a sentence.
Devise means to form, plan, or arrange in the mind, or to transmit or give real property by will. Learn the difference between devise and device, and see examples, synonyms, and related words.
