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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. |
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To plan or scheme for; to purpose to obtain. |
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To say; to relate; to describe. |
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To imagine; to guess. |
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To give by will; -- used of real estate; formerly, also,
of chattels. |
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To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to
consider. |
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The act of giving or disposing of real estate by will; --
sometimes improperly applied to a bequest of personal estate. |
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A will or testament, conveying real estate; the clause of a
will making a gift of real property. |
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Property devised, or given by will. |
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Device. See Device. |
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