devise

devise is a 6-letter English word with 15 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 15 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. 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.
2. transitive verb. To plan or scheme for; to purpose to obtain.
3. transitive verb. To say; to relate; to describe.
4. transitive verb. To imagine; to guess.
5. transitive verb. To give by will; -- used of real estate; formerly, also, of chattels.
6. intransitive verb. To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider.
7. noun. The act of giving or disposing of real estate by will; -- sometimes improperly applied to a bequest of personal estate.
8. noun. A will or testament, conveying real estate; the clause of a will making a gift of real property.
9. noun. Property devised, or given by will.
10. noun. Device. See Device.
11. noun. (law) a gift of real property by will
12. noun. a will disposing of real property
13. verb. come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort

    "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"

    Synonyms: contrive, excogitate, forge, formulate, invent

14. verb. arrange by systematic planning and united effort

    "machinate a plot"

    "organize a strike"

    Synonyms: machinate, organise, organize, prepare

15. verb. give by will, especially real property

Synonyms

contrive, excogitate, forge, formulate, invent, machinate, organise, organize, prepare

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in devise:

sieved, viseed

Common word forms

devised, deviser, devises, devisees, devising

Words from these letters

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