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   devise

   /dɪˈvʌɪz/

   verb

   • 1. plan or invent (a complex procedure, system, or mechanism) by careful thought: "a training programme should be devised"
   • 2. leave (something, especially real estate) to someone by the terms of a will.

   noun

   • 1. a clause in a will leaving something, especially real estate, to someone.

   Word 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’).

   Derivatives

   • 1. devisable adjective
   • 2. deviser noun

   Scrabble Points: 10

   • D

     2

   • E

     1

   • V

     4

   • I

     1

   • S

     1

   • E

     1

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