devise

  1. Verb.  (transitive) To use one's intellect to plan or design (something).
  2. Verb.  (transitive) To leave (property) in a will.
  3. Noun.  the act of leaving real property in a will.
  4. Noun.  such a will, or a clause in such a will.
  5. Noun.  the real property left in such a will.

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