Both Uses of
devise
in
The War of the Worlds
- Never since the devising of gunpowder was the beginning of a battle so still.†
Chpt 1.15 *
- I sat staring before me, trying in vain to devise some countervailing thought.†
Chpt 2.7
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