devise

devise
[dɪˈvʌɪz]
verb
[with obj.]
  1. plan or invent (a complex procedure, system, or mechanism) by careful thought
    策划;发明;想出(复杂的程序、系统或机制)
    a training programme should be devised.
    应该设计出一个培训计划。
    a complicated game of his own devising.
    他自己想出的一个复杂的游戏。
  2. (Law)leave (real estate) to someone by the terms of a will
    (律)(通过遗嘱)遗赠(不动产)
noun
  1. (Law)a clause in a will leaving real estate to someone
    (律)(遗嘱中)遗赠不动产的条款
派生
devisable
adjective
devisee
noun
  1. (限义项2)
deviser
noun
devisor
noun
  1. (限义项2)
语源
  1. 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')
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