devise

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• /dɪˈvaɪz/
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From Middle French devise. Doublet of device.

PIE word *dwóh1 From Middle English devisen, devysen, from Old French deviser, from Vulgar Latin devisō, from Latin dīvisō, frequentative of dīvidō.

101 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: krijoj — use the intellect to plan or design
• Albanian: sajoj thur — use the intellect to plan or design
• Bulgarian: измислям (izmisljam) — use the intellect to plan or design
• Bulgarian: изобретявам (izobretjavam) — use the intellect to plan or design
• Catalan: divisar — use the intellect to plan or design
• Catalan: copçar — use the intellect to plan or design
• Catalan: preveure — use the intellect to plan or design
• Cornish: devisya — use the intellect to plan or design
• Czech: navrhnout — use the intellect to plan or design
• Czech: vymyslet — use the intellect to plan or design
• Czech: vynalézt — use the intellect to plan or design
• Danish: opfinde — use the intellect to plan or design
• Danish: udtænke — use the intellect to plan or design
• Danish: finde på — use the intellect to plan or design
• Danish: udarbejde — use the intellect to plan or design
• Dutch: bedenken — use the intellect to plan or design
• Dutch: ontwerpen — use the intellect to plan or design
• Esperanto: elpensi — use the intellect to plan or design
• Finnish: kehitellä — use the intellect to plan or design
• Finnish: suunnitella — use the intellect to plan or design
• Finnish: keksiä — use the intellect to plan or design
• Finnish: junailla — use the intellect to plan or design
• Finnish: kekata — use the intellect to plan or design
• Finnish: masinoida — use the intellect to plan or design
• French: concevoir — use the intellect to plan or design
• French: élaborer — use the intellect to plan or design
• Galician: idear — use the intellect to plan or design
• German: ausdenken — use the intellect to plan or design
• German: entwerfen — use the intellect to plan or design
• German: erdenken — use the intellect to plan or design
• German: planen — use the intellect to plan or design
• Greek: επινοώ (epinoó) — use the intellect to plan or design
• Irish: cum — use the intellect to plan or design
• Italian: architettare — use the intellect to plan or design
• Italian: congegnare — use the intellect to plan or design
• Italian: escogitare — use the intellect to plan or design
• Italian: inventare — use the intellect to plan or design
• Korean: 고안하다 (goanhada) — use the intellect to plan or design
• Latin: nectō — use the intellect to plan or design
• Māori: whakangārahu — use the intellect to plan or design
• Occitan: concebre — use the intellect to plan or design
• Occitan: inventar — use the intellect to plan or design
• Occitan: fargar — use the intellect to plan or design
• Occitan: imaginar — use the intellect to plan or design
• Old English: āhyċġan — use the intellect to plan or design
• Portuguese: inventar — use the intellect to plan or design
• Portuguese: tramar — use the intellect to plan or design
• Portuguese: delinear — use the intellect to plan or design
• Portuguese: projetar — use the intellect to plan or design
• Portuguese: idear — use the intellect to plan or design
• Romanian: urzi — use the intellect to plan or design
• Russian: разраба́тывать (razrabátyvatʹ) — use the intellect to plan or design
• Russian: разрабо́тать (razrabótatʹ) — use the intellect to plan or design
• Russian: замышля́ть (zamyšljátʹ) — use the intellect to plan or design
• Russian: замы́слить (zamýslitʹ) — use the intellect to plan or design
• Slovak: vymyslieť — use the intellect to plan or design
• Slovak: vyšpekulovať — use the intellect to plan or design
• Spanish: concebir — use the intellect to plan or design
• Spanish: inventar — use the intellect to plan or design
• Spanish: idear — use the intellect to plan or design
• Spanish: discurrir — use the intellect to plan or design
• Spanish: planificar — use the intellect to plan or design
• Spanish: diseñar — use the intellect to plan or design
• Spanish: ingeniar — use the intellect to plan or design
• Spanish: elucubrar — use the intellect to plan or design
• Spanish: discursar — use the intellect to plan or design
• Swedish: hitta på — use the intellect to plan or design
• Swedish: tänka ut — use the intellect to plan or design
• Swedish: uppfinna — use the intellect to plan or design
• Turkish: tasarlamak — use the intellect to plan or design
• Ottoman Turkish: پرگارلامق (pergerlemek) — use the intellect to plan or design
• Vietnamese: đề ra — use the intellect to plan or design
• Vietnamese: vạch ra — use the intellect to plan or design
• Volapük: datikön — use the intellect to plan or design
• Albanian: thur — to scheme, to plot
• Bulgarian: кроя (kroja) — to scheme, to plot
• Bulgarian: тъкмя (tǎkmja) — to scheme, to plot
• Cornish: devisya — to scheme, to plot
• Czech: vymyslet — to scheme, to plot
• Italian: pianificare — to scheme, to plot
• Māori: whakangārahu — to scheme, to plot
• Spanish: tramar — to scheme, to plot
• Spanish: maquinar — to scheme, to plot
• Spanish: devisar (desus.) — to scheme, to plot
• Spanish: urdir — to scheme, to plot
• Bulgarian: завещавам (zaveštavam) — leave in a will
• Czech: odkázat — leave in a will
• Danish: testamentere — leave in a will
• Dutch: vermaken — leave in a will
• Finnish: testamentata — leave in a will
• German: letztwillig vermachen — leave in a will
• German: durch Testament verfügen — leave in a will
• Hebrew: הוריש (horísh) — leave in a will
• Portuguese: legar — leave in a will
• Portuguese: deixar — leave in a will
• Russian: завеща́ть (zaveščátʹ) — leave in a will
• Slovak: zanechať — leave in a will
• Slovak: poručiť — leave in a will
• Slovak: odkázať — leave in a will
• Spanish: legar — leave in a will
• Turkish: miras bırakmak — leave in a will