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Definition

to come up with a way of doing something — typically a creative idea or plan

In law, devise can also reference a gift given in a will (or the act of bequeathing such a gift).

She plans to devise something to launch water balloons.

devise = come up with (invent or create)

This may be our last chance to devise a compromise that will save the peace.

devise = come up with (invent or create)

To paraphrase Churchill, "Democracy is the worst form of government ever devised by the mind of man, except for all the other forms that have been tried from time to time."

devised = come up with (created)

Every man is his own ancestor, and every man is his own heir. He devises his own future, and he inherits his own past.
Frederick Henry Hedge
devised a way to distribute the risk and benefits
we can devise a thousand honest ways of making a livelihood.
Anne Bronte -- Agnes Grey
In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak, who are caught in the schemes he devises.
Psalm 10:2
Therefore devise with me how we may fly,
William Shakespeare -- As You Like It
  Then comes she to me,
  And with wild looks, bid me devise some means
  To rid her from this second marriage,
William Shakespeare -- Romeo and Juliet

devise = come up with (invent)

Jem, educated on a half-Decimal half-Duncecap basis, seemed to function effectively alone or in a group, but Jem was a poor example: no tutorial system devised by man could have stopped him from getting at books.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

devised = invented

You must devise a way so that you sleep a little if he is quiet and steady.
Ernest Hemingway -- The Old Man and the Sea

devise = come up with (invent)

Then he devised a way.
Jack London -- To Build a Fire

devised = came up with (invented or created)

Bid her devise
some means to come to shrift this afternoon.
William Shakespeare -- Romeo and Juliet

devise = come up with (invent)

I do protest I never injur'd thee,
  But love thee better than thou canst devise,
  Till thou shalt know the reason of my love.
  And so good Capulet—which name I tender
  As dearly as mine own—be satisfied.
William Shakespeare -- Romeo and Juliet

devise = imagine (invent in the mind)

So a new technique was devised.
Kurt Vonnegut -- Slaughterhouse-Five
In order to keep you safe, we devised a way for you to be separated from us.
Veronica Roth -- Insurgent
It was clear that he had devised these beds long before; last night he slept on the sofa.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky -- The Idiot
But slowly it dawned upon my love-drunk skull: he had only welcomed me there after devising his program to make me whole!
Barbara Kingsolver -- The Poisonwood Bible
A thing devised by the enemy.
William Shakespeare -- The Life and Death of King Richard III
While I'm sure your men won't like that much, we'll have a very long time to devise our next move."
Ransom Riggs -- Hollow City

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