All 4 Uses of
devise
in
The Merry Wives of Windsor
- Page is an ass, a secure ass; he will trust his wife; he will not be jealous; I will rather trust a Fleming with my butter, Parson Hugh the Welshman with my cheese, an Irishman with my aqua-vitae bottle, or a thief to walk my ambling gelding, than my wife with herself; then she plots, then she ruminates, then she devises; and what they think in their hearts they may effect, they will break their hearts but they will effect.†
Scene 2.2
- Good hearts, devise something: any extremity rather than a mischief.†
Scene 4.2 *
- Devise but how you'll use him when he comes, And let us two devise to bring him thither.†
Scene 4.4
- Devise but how you'll use him when he comes, And let us two devise to bring him thither.†
Scene 4.4
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