devise
21devise — 1 *contrive, invent, frame, concoct Analogous words: create, discover (see INVENT): fashion, forge, fabricate, shape, form, *make: design, plan, scheme, plot (see under PLAN n) 2 *will, bequeath, leave, legate …
22devise — must be spelt ise, not ize. See ise …
23devise — [v] conceive, dream up ad lib, arrange, blueprint*, brainstorm*, cast, chart, cogitate, come up with, concoct, construct, contrive, cook up*, craft, create, design, discover, dope out*, fake it, forge, form, formulate, frame*, get off*, hatch,… …
24devise — ► VERB 1) plan or invent (a complex procedure or mechanism). 2) Law leave (real property) to someone in a will. DERIVATIVES deviser noun. ORIGIN Old French deviser, from Latin dividere force apart, remove …
25devise — [di vīz′] vt., vi. devised, devising [ME devisen < OFr deviser, to distribute, direct, regulate, talk < VL * divisare < L divisus, pp. of dividere: see DIVIDE] 1. to work out or create (something) by thinking; contrive; plan; invent 2.… …
26devise — (de vi z ) s. f. 1° Terme de blason. Division de quelque pièce honorable de l écu. Ainsi une fasce qui n a que le tiers de sa largeur commune est une fasce en devise. Division etant le sens propre de ce mot, comme de diviser on passe à l… …
27devise — /davayz/ A testamentary disposition of land or realty; a gift of real property by the last will and testament of the donor. When used as a noun, means a testamentary disposition of real or personal property and when used as a verb, means to… …
28devise — /davayz/ A testamentary disposition of land or realty; a gift of real property by the last will and testament of the donor. When used as a noun, means a testamentary disposition of real or personal property and when used as a verb, means to… …
29DEVISE — s. f. Figure accompagnée de paroles, exprimant d une manière allégorique et brève quelque pensée, quelque sentiment. Une des différences de la devise et de l emblème, c est que dans la devise on n admet guère la forme humaine. Les paroles d une… …
30Devise — Sinnspruch; Parole; Motto; Wahlspruch; Leitspruch; Losung; Leitsatz * * * De|vi|se [de vi:zə], die; , n: 1. <Plural> Zahlungsmittel in ausländischer Währung: keine Devisen haben. Syn.: ausländisches Geld. 2 …
