DEVISE

v. 1 concoct, make up, conceive, scheme, contrive, dream up, design, draft, frame, form, formulate, plan, arrange, work out, think up, originate, invent, create, Colloq cook up He devised a method for making sandals out of leather scraps 2 bequeath, will, convey, hand down, give, assign, dispose of, transfer, bestow I devise to my nephew, Ian Ferguson, my property in Yorkshire