verb
- to plan or invent something, especially using clever or original thinking
- to give property to someone in a will
Usage: legal
noun
- a gift of property made in a will
Usage: legal
Examples
- The team worked together to devise a new marketing strategy.
- She devised an ingenious solution to the problem.
- The engineer devised a more efficient cooling system.
- He devised his entire estate to his daughter.
- The lawyer explained the terms of the devise in the will.
- Scientists are trying to devise better methods for recycling plastic.