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What is the verb for device?

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devise
  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.
  6. Synonyms:
  7. Examples:
    1. “He writes poetry in both English and Mohawk and works to devise an improved written form for the Mohawk language.”
      “Tomorrow, we will devise a strategy for increasing our profits.”
      “The same spark of creativity that had enabled them to devise a makeshift sail on Nuzulu helped them on the Derwent.”
devize
  1. Misspelling of devise.
  2. Obsolete form of devise.
devising
devises
deviseth
  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of devise
  2. Examples:
    1. “How contentful the whole life is of him, that neither deviseth mischief against others, nor suspects any to be contrived against himself.”
devisest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of devise
devised
  1. simple past tense and past participle of devise
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Greene and his associates have devised a more accurate method for calculating graduation rates.”
      “Prof Lang, who devised the term 'food miles' more than ten years ago, said the water footprint of food was just as great as its carbon footprint.”
      “The company, which has its origins in the Quaker movement, devised the fund after requests from customers.”
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