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devise
transitive verb, intransitive verb devised, devising
- to work out or create (something) by thinking; contrive; plan; invent
- Law to bequeath (real property) by will
- Archaic to make secret plans for; plot
- Obsolete to guess or imagine
noun
- a gift of real property by will
- a will, or clause in a will, granting such a gift
- the property so granted
See devise in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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