What does devise mean?

devise | meaning in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary devise definition: to design or invent something such as a system, plan, or piece of equipment. Learn more. Dictionary Translate Grammar Thesaurus +PlusCambridge Dictionary +Plus Cambridge Dictionary +Plus My profile +Plus help Log out {{userName}} Cambridge Dictionary +Plus My profile

What is a word for devising?

verb (used with object), de·vised, de·vis·ing. to contrive, plan, or elaborate; invent from existing principles or ideas: to devise a method. Theater. to develop (a play) collaboratively with the performers: Based on the lives of women in engineering, the students devised the play themselves. Law. to assign or transmit (property) by will.

What does devised a scheme mean?

If you devise a plan, system, or machine, you have the idea for it and design it. We devised a scheme to help him. [VERB noun] New long-range objectives must be devised. [VERB noun] Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collins! Collins! 1. 4. a. b. 5. Collins English Dictionary.

What is the difference between deviser and device?

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’). The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words.