English to English noun
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a will disposing of real property | | source: wordnet30
2 |
(law) a gift of real property by will | | source: wordnet30
3 |
The act of giving or disposing of real estate by will; -- sometimes improperly applied to a bequest of personal estate. | | source: webster1913
4 |
Device. See Device. | | source: webster1913 verb
5 |
come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort | | Example: excogitate a way to measure the speed of light
source: wordnet30
6 |
arrange by systematic planning and united effort | | Example: machinate a plot organize a strike devise a plan to take over the director's office
source: wordnet30
7 |
give by will, especially real property | | source: wordnet30
8 |
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. | | source: webster1913
9 |
To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider. | | source: webster1913
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