(transitive) To use one’s intellect to plan or design (something). / (transitive) To leave (property) in a will. / (intransitive, archaic) To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider.

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.

simple past tense and past participle of devise

plural of devise

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of devise

A person who devises something; a planner or inventor.

plural of deviser

Something devised or invented. / The act of devising something

plural of devisement

the act of creating a plan or some object, especially a will