devises
Hatches a scheme
Devises is the verb devise in third-person singular form, meaning to invent, plan, or contrive something through careful thought: She devises strategies for the marketing team, He devises new ways to solve old problems.
The word suggests mental effort and ingenuity—you devise a scheme, a method, or an escape plan.
In legal contexts, devise specifically means to leave real property by will, making devises also a noun for such bequests.
Faculty of deliberate choice
- testamentWritten proof or legacy
- heirOne who receives legacy
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- executorAppointed estate manager
probate · beneficiary · trust · estate planning · succession · bequest · codicil · intestate
Spontaneous idea generation
- prototypeFirst functional specimen
- creativityCapacity for original thought
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
- conceptualizeForm a mental picture
innovate · engineer · design · formulate · originate · conceive · tinker · experiment
Storyline or land parcel
- planDetailed proposal for achieving
- strategyPlanned approach to goals
- conspiracyClandestine coordinated scheming
- machinationCrafty scheming, often hostile
contrive · maneuver · calculate · orchestrate · engineer · concoct · mastermind · intrigue
will
Faculty of deliberate choice
- testamentWritten proof or legacy
- heirOne who receives legacy
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
executor · probate · beneficiary · trust · estate planning · succession · bequest · codicil · intestate · trustee
brainstorm
Spontaneous idea generation
- prototypeFirst functional specimen
- creativityCapacity for original thought
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
conceptualize · innovate · engineer · design · formulate · originate · conceive · tinker · experiment · craft
plot
Storyline or land parcel
- planDetailed proposal for achieving
- strategyPlanned approach to goals
- conspiracyClandestine coordinated scheming
machination · contrive · maneuver · calculate · orchestrate · engineer · concoct · mastermind · intrigue · scheme
- createscreates, invents, designs, produces, originates
devisesdestroys
Causes complete ruin
dismantles · demolishes · abolishes · ruins · wrecks