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Definition of devise verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

devise

verb
 
/dɪˈvaɪz/
 
/dɪˈvaɪz/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they devise
 
/dɪˈvaɪz/
 
/dɪˈvaɪz/
he / she / it devises
 
/dɪˈvaɪzɪz/
 
/dɪˈvaɪzɪz/
past simple devised
 
/dɪˈvaɪzd/
 
/dɪˈvaɪzd/
past participle devised
 
/dɪˈvaɪzd/
 
/dɪˈvaɪzd/
-ing form devising
 
/dɪˈvaɪzɪŋ/
 
/dɪˈvaɪzɪŋ/
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  1. devise something to invent something new or a new way of doing something synonym think up
    • A new system has been devised to control traffic in the city.
    Extra Examples
    • Scientists have devised a method of recycling the contaminated oil.
    • We must devise a new system for dealing with complaints.
    • specially devised tests
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryDevise is used with these nouns as the object:
    • formula
    • instrument
    • means
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    Word OriginMiddle 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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