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devise

English

  1. 🔊 (law) a gift of real property by will
  2. 🔊 a will disposing of real property
  3. 🔊 give by will, especially real property
  4. 🔊 come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
    “excogitate a way to measure the speed of light”
  5. 🔊 arrange by systematic planning and united effort
    “machinate a plot”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 ingeniar to devise, invent
  2. 🔊 idear to devise, to come up with
  3. 🔊 elaborar to devise, to come up with (to use one's intellect to plan or design)

Similar words

invent contrive excogitate formulate forge organize organise prepare get up machinate add a codicil arrange assemble assign attested copy beget bequeath bequeathal bequest bestow blueprint breed bring forth bring into being