Both Uses of
devise
in
Great Expectations
- I had cut my knuckles against the pale young gentleman's teeth, and I twisted my imagination into a thousand tangles, as I devised incredible ways of accounting for that damnatory circumstance when I should be haled before the Judges.†
Chpt 12 *
- In the mean time, Herbert and I were to consider separately what it would be best to say; whether we should devise any pretence of being afraid that he was under suspicious observation; or whether I, who had never yet been abroad, should propose an expedition.†
Chpt 43
Definition:
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(devise as in: devise a plan) to come up with a way of doing something -- typically a creative idea or plan