MEANING
1. To invent or plan a method, arrangement, or solution.
2. To leave property to someone through a will.
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Words that belong together
- devise a plan
- devise a method
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She devised a method for comparing the fragments.
He devised a plan depending on no early return.
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Word forms
- Base
- devise
- Past tense
- devised
- Past participle
- devised
- Present participle
- devising
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- devise
- Present continuous
- am/is/are devising
- Present perfect
- have/has devised
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been devising
- Past
- devised
- Past continuous
- was/were devising
- Past perfect
- had devised
- Past perfect continuous
- had been devising
- Future
- will devise
- Future continuous
- will be devising
- Future perfect
- will have devised
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been devising
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: devise; devises; devised; devised; devising Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: devises.
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