devise

1. 1.

   a will disposing of real property

   Broaderwill
2. 2.

   (law) a gift of real property by will

   Broadergiftinheritance

   law

Other forms of devise

plural

devises·

past tense

devised·

present participle

devising·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about devise

What does devise mean?

devise means "come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in devise?

devise has 2 syllables: de-vise. The stress falls on "vise". In IPA it is /dɪˈvaɪz/.

What is another word for devise?

Close synonyms include invent, contrive, excogitate, formulate, forge. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is devise a common word?

devise is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with devise?

6 words rhyme with devise. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.