The Word of the Day for November 8 is:

[yvr girl]

devise • \dih-VYZE\ • verb
1 *a : to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent b : to plan to obtain or bring about : plot
2 : to give (real estate) by will

Example sentence:
As a young scientist, Constance devised ingenious ways of collecting and interpreting data.

Did you know?
There's something inventive about "devise," a word that stems from Latin "dividere," meaning "to divide." By the time "devise" appeared in English in the 1200s, its Anglo-French forebear "deviser" had accumulated an array of senses, including "to divide," "distribute," "arrange," "array," "digest," "order," "plan," "invent," "contrive," and "assign by will." English adopted most of these and added some new senses over the course of time: "to imagine," "guess," "pretend," and "describe." In modern use, we've disposed of a lot of the old meanings, but we kept the one that applies to wills. "Devise" traditionally referred to the transfer of real property (land), and "bequeath" to personal property; these days, however, "devise" is often recognized as applying generally to all the property in a person's estate.

*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.

(I was not aware of the second definition.)

[rkc3]

1. devise - a tool to make people talk.

Sal put Vinnie's balls in de vise and he sang like a little birdie.