Devise
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To devise is to use one's intellect to plan or design, to imagine; to guess. It can also refer to a disposal of real property in a will and testament.
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Etymology
Middle English devisen, devysen, from Old French deviser, from Vulgar Latin devisō, from Latin dīvisō, frequentative of dīvidō.
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