v. & n.
--v.tr.
1. plan or invent by careful thought.
2 Law leave (real estate) by the terms of a will (cf. BEQUEATH).
--n.
1. the act or an instance of devising.
2 Law a devising clause in a will.
Derivatives:
devisable adj. devisee n. (in sense 2 of v.). deviser n. devisor n. (in sense 2 of v.).
Etymology: ME f. OF deviser ult. f. L dividere divis- DIVIDE: (n.) f. OF devise f. med.L divisa fem. past part. of dividere