devised

[ dih-vahyzd ]

adjective

1. contrived, planned, invented, or designed:

   It’s a dark comedy about a couple of guys who embark on a poorly devised scheme to blackmail a local clergyman.

2. Theater. (of a play) having a script produced collaboratively by the performers rather than by a writer or playwright:

   Previous works of the Holwell Youth Troupe include a chilling ghost story and a devised piece on the topic of love.

3. Law. (of property) assigned or transmitted by will:

   When specifically devised property is no longer in the testator's estate, the beneficiary's gift fails.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of devise ( def ).

Other Words From

• self-de·vised adjective
• un·de·vised adjective
• well-de·vised adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of devised¹

devise ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

Konijnendijk said he devised the benchmark to help set a 'bare minimum' for nature in cities.

From Science Daily

There was no shortage of available data to search for patterns in malformations and symptoms to identify subtypes for which treatment protocols could be devised.

From Science Daily

“Defendants devised a scheme to obtain payments through the use of coercive threats from anyone with any ties to Combs — no matter how remote,” lawyers for the unnamed plaintiff wrote.

From Los Angeles Times

Instead, they had devised their own methods, which included standing in the yard behind reversing vehicles.

From BBC

The note initially seemed too big to pull out the neck of the bottle so they devised a tool using two pieces of cable to twist it through the narrow opening.

From BBC