## Meanings
1. To invent or plan something clever, often a method, system, or scheme.
2. In law, a gift of land or property left to someone in a will.

## Examples
- The team devised a clever plan to cut costs without losing customers.
- Under the devise in her will, the farmhouse passed to her eldest son.

## Derived Forms
- devisable
- devisal
- devisee
- devisor
- point-devise
- redevise

## Related Forms
- device
- devising

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: devisen
- Root: deviser
- Root: devisō
- Root: dīvisō

## Etymology
PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English devisen, devysen, from Old French deviser, from Vulgar Latin devisō, from Latin dīvisō, frequentative of dīvidō.

## AI Etymology
Devise comes from Middle English devisen, devysen, from Old French deviser, from Vulgar Latin devisō, from Latin dīvisō, frequentative of dīvidō. The historical chain includes devisen (Middle English), deviser (Old French), devisō (Vulgar Latin), and dīvisō (Latin). The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as devisable, devisal, devisee, and devisor and related forms such as device and devising. In present use it covers to invent or plan something clever, often a method, system, or scheme and in law, a gift of land or property left to someone in a will.

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