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devise verb [ T ] UK /dɪˈvaɪz/ US /dɪˈvaɪz/ Add to word list C2 to invent a plan, system, object, etc., usually using your intelligence or imagination: He's good at devising language games that you can play with students in class. The cartoon characters Snoopy and Charlie Brown were devised by Charles M. Schultz.