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.

To plan or scheme for; to purpose to obtain.

To imagine; to guess.

To give by will; – used of real estate; formerly, also,
of chattels.

To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to
consider.

The act of giving or disposing of real estate by will; –
sometimes improperly applied to a bequest of personal estate.

A will or testament, conveying real estate; the clause of a
will making a gift of real property.

Property devised, or given by will.

Device. See Device.