[dɪˈvʌɪz], (Verb)

Definitions:
- plan or invent (a complex procedure, system, or mechanism) by careful thought
(e.g: a training programme should be devised)

- leave (something, especially real estate) to someone by the terms of a will


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: the verb from Old French deviser, from Latin divis- ‘divided’, from the verb dividere (this sense being reflected in the original English sense of the verb); the noun is a variant of device (in the early sense ‘will, desire’)

[dɪˈvʌɪz], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a clause in a will leaving something, especially real estate, to someone


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: the verb from Old French deviser, from Latin divis- ‘divided’, from the verb dividere (this sense being reflected in the original English sense of the verb); the noun is a variant of device (in the early sense ‘will, desire’)