devise

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
devise /dɪˈvʌɪz/

▶verb

• 1 plan or invent (a complex procedure or mechanism).

• 2 Law leave (property) to someone by the terms of a will.

▶noun Law a clause in a will leaving property to someone.

– derivatives
devisable adjective,
devisee noun,
deviser noun,
devisor noun.

– origin ME: from OFr. deviser, from L. divis-, dividere (see divide); the noun is a var. of device.