[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

devise \devise"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. devised; p. pr.  vb.
   n. devising. of. deviser to distribute, regulate, direct,
   relate, f., to chat, fr. l. divisus divided, distributed, p.
   p. of dividere. see divide, and cf. device.
   1. to form in the mind by new combinations of ideas, new
      applications of principles, or new arrangement of parts;
      to formulate by thought; to contrive; to excogitate; to
      invent; to plan; to scheme; as, to devise an engine, a new
      mode of writing, a plan of defense, or an argument.
      1913 webster

            to devise curious works.              --ex. cctv.
                                                  32.
      1913 webster

            devising schemes to realize his ambitious views.
                                                  --bancroft.
      1913 webster

   2. to plan or scheme for; to purpose to obtain.
      1913 webster

            for wisdom is most riches; fools therefore
            they are which fortunes do by vows devise.
                                                  --spenser.
      1913 webster

   3. to say; to relate; to describe. obs. --chaucer.
      1913 webster

   4. to imagine; to guess. obs. --spenser.
      1913 webster

   5. law to give by will; -- used of real estate; formerly,
      also, of chattels.

   syn: to bequeath; invent; discover; contrive; excogitate;
        imagine; plan; scheme. see bequeath.
        1913 webster
see also:
devised devising divide device bequeath 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

devising
     n : the act that results in something coming to be; "the
         devising of plans"; "the fashioning of pots and pans";
         "the making of measurements"; "it was already in the
         making" syn: fashioning, making
see also:
fashioning making 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

55 moby thesaurus words for "devising":
   architecture, assembly, authorship, beginning, building, casting,
   coinage, composition, conception, concoction, construction,
   contrivance, contriving, conversion, crafting, craftsmanship,
   creation, creative effort, cultivation, elaboration, erection,
   extraction, fabrication, fashioning, formation, forming,
   formulation, framing, generation, growing, handicraft, handiwork,
   harvesting, hatching, improvisation, invention, machining, making,
   making do, manufacture, manufacturing, milling, mining, mintage,
   molding, origination, prefabrication, preparation, processing,
   producing, raising, refining, shaping, smelting, workmanship

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