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What does devise mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word devise? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To use one's intellect to plan or design (something).
  2. (transitive) To leave (property) in a will.
  3. (intransitive, archaic) To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider.
  4. (transitive, archaic) To plan or scheme for; to plot to obtain.
  5. (obsolete) To imagine; to guess.
Noun
  1. The act of leaving real property in a will.
  2. Such a will, or a clause in such a will.
  3. The real property left in such a will.
  4. Design, devising.
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