The phrase "a devise" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in legal contexts to refer to a gift of real property made in a will.
Example: "In her will, she included a devise of her estate to her children."
Alternatives: "a bequest" or "a gift".
Morgan states that a metaphor is much more than just a devise for embellishing discourse; the use of metaphor implies a way of thinking and a way of seeing that pervade how we understand our world generally.
While the presence of religious-related conflict in Iraq makes disaggregating households by religion (Shia, Sunni, and Kurd) potentially interesting as a devise to look into the differences in their pattern of incomes and expenses, the lack of availability of the needed data precludes us to do so.
We choose to construct a periodic graph based on a dataset collected for a previous research [21].2 In that paper, the authors installed a devise on 125 high school students to detect all of their communications during four school days.
The panel data modeling considers three models to address: pooled OLS regression, fixed effect model (FEM) or least square dummy variable (LSDV) and random effect model (REM) and to test which of these three models had the powerful estimators, we employed a devise by Hausman which is incorporated in EVIEWS 7. The null hypothesis in the Hausman test is that three models do not differ substantially.
In other words, IT World points to the differences between a tablet device -- meant to be utilized for a diverse set of functions, from reading to viewing pictures and videos, as well as writing notes, gaming and emailing -- from an eReader (a devise exclusively intended for reading).
It is a tried and true formula in horror films: the killing of an animal, portrayed for example in flash images of a decapitated cat, as a devise to ramp up the terror level and spell impending doom for the targeted person or persons.
JMM-A devised the study, conducted the data analyses, and drafted the manuscript.
It's not, it's a devised play.
I did a devised show about feminism, Blurred Lines, a few years ago.
A lesson we learned the hard way when we performed a devised piece entitled Show Cancelled.
Describes a meeting to devise an Individualized Education Program (I.E.P).
