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Designed and Devise

verb

  • Make or work out a plan for; devise.
    • usage: "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack"
  • Plan something for a specific role or purpose or effect.
    • usage: "This room is not designed for work"
  • Create the design for; create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner.
    • usage: "Chanel designed the famous suit"
  • Make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form.
    • usage: "design a better mousetrap"; "plan the new wing of the museum"
  • Create designs.
    • usage: "Dupont designs for the house of Chanel"
  • Conceive or fashion in the mind; invent.
    • usage: "She designed a good excuse for not attending classes that day"
  • Intend or have as a purpose.
    • usage: "She designed to go far in the world of business"

adjective

  • Done or made or performed with purpose and intent.
    • usage: "style... Is more than the deliberate and designed creation- Havelock Ellis; "games designed for all ages"; "well-designed houses"
(imp.&p.p.) of Design.

noun

  • A will disposing of real property.
  • Law) a gift of real property by will. (

verb

  • Come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort.
    • usage: "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"
  • Arrange by systematic planning and united effort.
    • usage: "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office"
  • Give by will, especially real property. .

devise is a transfer of real property under a will. The donor is the devisor, and the recipient is the devisee.