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Meaning of devise | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
dɪˈvaɪz

Definitions

  1. The act of leaving real property in a will.
  2. Such a will, or a clause in such a will.
  3. The real property left in such a will.
  4. Design, devising.

Equivalents

العربية الحصّة
Български измислям кроя
Català divisar preveure
Čeština navrhnout odkázat vymyslet vynalézt
Dansk opfinde
Deutsch ausdenken durch Testament verfügen Entwerfen erdenken letztwillig vermachen Planen Vermächtnis
Ελληνικά επινοώ
Esperanto elpensi
Español concebir devisar (desus.) discurrir discursar diseñar elucubrar idear ingeniar inventar legar maquinar planificar tramar urdir
Suomi junailla kehitellä kekata keksiä masinoida suunnitella testamentata
Français concevoir devise devise Élaborer
Gaeilge cum
Galego idear
עברית הוריש
Italiano architettare congegnare escogitare inventare pianificare
日本語 謀
한국어 고안하다
Kurdî cum çûm
Latina nectō
Nederlands bedenken ontwerpen vermaken
Polski zapis
Português deixar delinear devise idear inventar legar projetar tramar
Română urzi
Русский завещать замыслить замышлять разрабатывать разработать
Shqip krijoj thur
Svenska hitta på uppfinna
Türkçe tasarlamak
Tiếng Việt đề ra vạch ra

Examples

“Fines upon devises were still exacted.”
“I don't know how I got to be so sour on life, but I'm constantly in solitary confinement of my own devise, […]”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
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See also

Devised Devisee devisement devisen Deviser Devises

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