All 5 Uses of
devise
in
Much Ado About Nothing
- Why, he is the prince's jester: a very dull fool; only his gift is in devising impossible slanders: none but libertines delight in him; and the commendation is not in his wit, but in his villany; for he both pleases men and angers them, and then they laugh at him and beat him.†
Scene 2.1
- I will go on the slightest errand now to the Antipodes that you can devise to send me on; I will fetch you a toothpicker now from the furthest inch of Asia; bring you the length of Prester John's foot; fetch you a hair off the Great Cham's beard; do you any embassage to the Pygmies, rather than hold three words' conference with this harpy.†
Scene 2.1
- And, truly, I'll devise some honest slanders To stain my cousin with.†
Scene 3.1 *
- With no sauce that can be devised to it.†
Scene 4.1
- Think not on him till to-morrow: I'll devise thee brave punishments for him.†
Scene 5.4
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