All 4 Uses of
devise
in
As You Like It
- From henceforth I will, coz, and devise sports: let me see; what think you of falling in love?†
Scene 1.2 *
- Therefore devise with me how we may fly, Whither to go, and what to bear with us: And do not seek to take your charge upon you, To bear your griefs yourself, and leave me out; For, by this heaven, now at our sorrows pale, Say what thou canst, I'll go along with thee.†
Scene 1.3
- Let's away, And get our jewels and our wealth together; Devise the fittest time and safest way To hide us from pursuit that will be made After my flight.†
Scene 1.3
- I shall devise something: but, I pray you, commend my counterfeiting to him.†
Scene 4.3
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