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）。
- Law a clause in a will leaving real estate to someone【律】（遗嘱中）遗赠不动产的条款。
派生词
devisable
adjectivedevisee
noun （限义项2）deviser
noundevisor
noun （限义项2）词源
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'）.