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• past participle of devise.
• past tense form of devise.

devised

American  

[dih-vahyzd] / dɪˈvaɪzd /

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.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of devise.

Other Word Forms

• self-devised
  adjective
• undevised
  adjective
• well-devised
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of devised

devise ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

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devised

Japanese cities are experiencing "cruelly hot days", a new meteorological term devised this year to warn people of intense heat above 40C, with heatstroke alerts issued across almost the whole country.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

Back at Paultons Park the zoo had devised miniature vases designed to keep the stems alive while preventing any newly hatched nymphs from falling into water.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

The researchers devised a market-beating strategy for exploiting this discovery, buying those stocks that their LLM suggested would rise as the market fully discounted the pure news, and shorting stocks the model projected would fall.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 4, 2026

But when the additional request for color came during prep, a new visual strategy and workflow were devised to accommodate both formats simultaneously.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

The Lula system I’d devised ended up working well enough, at least for the next few weeks.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly