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devise

Verb

∙ To use one's intellect to plan or design (something). transitive
∙ To leave (property) in a will. transitive
∙ To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider. intransitive, archaic
∙ To plan or scheme for; to plot to obtain. transitive, archaic
∙ To imagine; to guess. obsolete

Noun

∙ The act of leaving real property in a will.
∙ Such a will, or a clause in such a will.
∙ The real property left in such a will.
∙ Design, devising.