devise

/dɪˈvaɪz/ verb [T]

Definition

› to use knowledge and imagination to think of or plan something: He set about devising a plan to revive the automaker and improve its profitability. She led a small team that worked for years to devise a way to create a silicon power amp for an earlier generation of cell phones.

› LAW to leave someone money or property in a will (= document stating what will happen to someone's property after their death): devise sth to sb I hereby give, devise, and bequeath to my daughter Eva $10,000.

(Definition of devise verb from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)