All 3 Uses of
devise
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Nicholas Nickleby
- CHAPTER 8 Of the Internal Economy of Dotheboys Hall A ride of two hundred and odd miles in severe weather, is one of the best softeners of a hard bed that ingenuity can devise.†
Chpt 8 *
- At the first sound of their voices outside the house, Nicholas, who had passed a sleepless night, devising schemes for the recovery of his lost charge, started from his bed, and joyfully admitted them.†
Chpt 40
- We will devise a story for you that should carry you through twenty times such a trivial scrape as this; and if they want security in a thousand pounds for your reappearance in case you should be called upon, you shall have it.†
Chpt 60
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