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device (di VIGHS) (noun)
Something invented to accomplish a specific purpose or to provide certain results: Bryant presented a device that automatically turns on the street lights when it gets dark.
devise (di VIGHZ) (verb)
To invent or to contrive: It must be possible to devise some way to protect the environment from such pollution.
Gwen wanted to devise a device that would make driving safer and less expensive.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group D; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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devise (verb), devises; devised; devising
To cleverly develop a plan or a system to succeed in doing something: Mr. Smith was devising vocabulary games that his students could play in his English class and make their learning more interesting.