Verb

(head)

(devise)

Verb

(devis)

To use one's intellect to plan or design (something).

to devise''' an argument; to '''devise a machine, or a new system of writing

* Bancroft

devising schemes to realize his ambitious views

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Thus, the task of the linguist devising' a grammar which models the linguistic competence of the fluent native speaker is to '''devise a ''finite'' set of rules which are capable of specifying how to form, interpret, and pronounce an ''infinite set of well-formed sentences.

To leave (property) in a will.

(archaic) To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider.

* Alexander Pope

I thought, devised , and Pallas heard my prayer.

(archaic) To plan or scheme for; to plot to obtain.

* Spenser

For wisdom is most riches; fools therefore / They are which fortunes do by vows devise .

(obsolete) To imagine; to guess.

(Spenser)

Verb

(head)

(create)

Verb

(creat)

To put into existence.

* {{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April

, author= , volume=100, issue=2, page=171, magazine=(American Scientist) , title= Well-connected Brains , passage=Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work.}}

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=52, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= The new masters and commanders , passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much.

To design, invest with a new form, shape, etc.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author=(Oliver Burkeman)

, volume=189, issue=2, page=48, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= The tao of tech , passage=The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about "creating compelling content",

To be creative, imaginative.

To cause, bring a (non-object) about by action.

* , chapter=7

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace.

To confer a title of nobility, not by descent, but by giving a title either initiated or restored for the incumbent.

To confer a cardinalate, which can not be inherited, but most often bears a pre?existent title (notably a church in Rome).