devise

verb · nounA2

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

devises

V_ing/Gerund

devising

V_ed/pp

devised

1.
(transitive)To use one’s intellect to plan or design (something).
Near-synonyms: lay, set, design, plan, create
to devise an argument; to devise a machine, or a new system of writing
Đồng nghĩa: lay, set, design, plan, create
2.
(transitive)To leave (property) in a will.
3.
(archaic, intransitive)To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider.
4.
(archaic, transitive)To plan or scheme for; to plot to obtain.
5.
(obsolete)To imagine; to guess.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

devises

1.
The act of leaving real property in a will.
2.
Such a will, or a clause in such a will.
3.
The real property left in such a will.
4.
Design, devising.

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Đồng nghĩa

lay set design plan create

Cùng gốc / liên quan

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Nguồn gốc từ

L731 dwóh₁ From Middle English devisen, devysen, from Old French deviser, from devisō, from Latin dīvisō, frequentative of dīvidō.