Definition of devise
- v. t. - To form in the mind by new combinations of ideas, new
applications of principles, or new arrangement of parts; to formulate
by thought; to contrive; to excogitate; to invent; to plan; to scheme;
as, to devise an engine, a new mode of writing, a plan of defense, or
an argument.
- v. t. - To plan or scheme for; to purpose to obtain.
- v. t. - To say; to relate; to describe.
- v. t. - To imagine; to guess.
- v. t. - To give by will; -- used of real estate; formerly, also,
of chattels.
- v. i. - To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to
consider.
- n. - The act of giving or disposing of real estate by will; --
sometimes improperly applied to a bequest of personal estate.
- n. - A will or testament, conveying real estate; the clause of a
will making a gift of real property.
- n. - Property devised, or given by will.
- n. - Device. See Device.