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Yes, devise is playable

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"Devise" Definition

noun

Law A will or clause in a will transmitting or giving real property.
The act of transmitting or giving real property by will.
The property or lands so transmitted or given.
The act of giving or disposing of real property by will.
A will or clause of a will disposing of real property.

verb-transitive

Archaic To suppose; imagine.
Law To transmit or give (real property) by will.
To form, plan, or arrange in the mind; design or contrive: devised a new system for handling mail orders.

verb

To form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles .
To plan to obtain or bring about .
To give (real estate) by will .

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