devise
Meaning of devise
noun
- The act of leaving real property in a will.
- Such a will, or a clause in such a will.
- The real property left in such a will.
- Design, devising.
- To use one's intellect to plan or design (something).
to devise an argument; to devise a machine, or a new system of writing
- To leave (property) in a will.
- To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider.
- To plan or scheme for; to plot to obtain.
- To imagine; to guess.
Information about devise
- The plural form of devise is: devises.
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Hyphenation of devise
de-vise
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- devise is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
devise synonyms
Meaning invent:
invent, contrive, excogitate, formulate, forge
Meaning organize:
Translation of devise
- German: erfinden, ausdenken
- Spanish: inventar, concebir, organizar, trazar, idear, maquinar, legar
- French: inventer, organiser
- Portuguese: inventar
- Italian: inventare, escogitare, ideare, organizzare, preparare, progettare, macchinare
Anagrams of devise
Words that rhyme with devise
vise, pavise, supravise, advise, counteradvise, disadvise, foreadvise, preadvise, readvise, chevise, misdevise, predevise, prerevise, redevise, rerevise, retelevise, revise, televise, audivise, divise, passivise, incentivise, improvise, parvise, presupervise, resupervise, supervise, survise
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