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Word: Devise
Speech Type: Verb
Middle English: the verb from Old French deviser, from Latin divis- ‘divided’, from the verb dividere (this sense being reflected in the original English sense of the verb); the noun is a variant of device (in the early sense ‘will, desire’)
dɪˈvʌɪz
plan or invent (a complex procedure, system, or mechanism) by careful thought
Short Definition:plan or invent complex procedure, system, or mechanism by careful thought
Examples:- a training programme should be devised
- a complicated game of his own devising
leave (something, especially real estate) to someone by the terms of a will.
Short Definition:leave something to someone by terms of will
Word: Devise
Speech Type: Noun
dɪˈvʌɪz
a clause in a will leaving something, especially real estate, to someone.
Short Definition:clause in will leaving something to someone
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