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devising

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Devise  \De*vise"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Devised};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Devising}.]  [OF.  deviser  to  distribute,  regulate,  direct, 
  relate,  F.,  to  chat,  fr  L.  divisus  divided,  distributed,  p. 
  p.  of  dividere.  See  {Divide},  and  cf  {Device}.] 
  1.  To  form  in  the  mind  by  new  combinations  of  ideas,  new 
  applications  of  principles,  or  new  arrangement  of  parts 
  to  formulate  by  thought;  to  contrive;  to  excogitate;  to 
  invent;  to  plan  to  scheme;  as  to  devise  an  engine,  a  new 
  mode  of  writing,  a  plan  of  defense,  or  an  argument. 
 
  To  devise  curious  works  --Ex.  CCTV. 
  32. 
 
  Devising  schemes  to  realize  his  ambitious  views. 
  --Bancroft. 
 
  2.  To  plan  or  scheme  for  to  purpose  to  obtain. 
 
  For  wisdom  is  most  riches;  fools  therefore  They  are 
  which  fortunes  do  by  vows  devise.  --Spenser. 
 
  3.  To  say  to  relate;  to  describe.  [Obs.]  --Chaucer. 
 
  4.  To  imagine;  to  guess.  [Obs.]  --Spenser. 
 
  5.  (Law)  To  give  by  will  --  used  of  real  estate;  formerly, 
  also  of  chattels. 
 
  Syn:  To  bequeath;  invent;  discover;  contrive;  excogitate; 
  imagine;  plan  scheme.  See  {Bequeath}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  devising 
  n  :  the  act  that  results  in  something  coming  to  be  "the 
  devising  of  plans";  "the  fashioning  of  pots  and  pans"; 
  "the  making  of  measurements"  [syn:  {fashioning},  {making}]




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