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Plan Devise French Modern Latin 无 Di'vaiz V.发明,设计;图谋;遗赠给

单词 devise
音标 [di'vaiz]
解释 v.发明,设计;图谋;遗赠给
红宝书 【英】 v. 想出,设计,发明(thin k out a plan, system, tool)
字源 devise (v.)
early 13c., "to form, fashion;" c.1300, "to plan, contrive," from Old French deviser "dispose in portions, arrange, plan, contrive" (in modern French, "to chat, gossip"), from Vulgar Latin *divisare, frequentative of Latin dividere "to divide" (see divide). Modern sense is from "to arrange a division" (especially via a will), a meaning present in the Old French word. Related: Devised; devising.
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