All 6 Uses of
devise
in
The Fountainhead
- The emblem of his childhood—the coat-of-arms he devised for himself in place of the one lost for him centuries ago—was the question mark.†
Chpt 3.1 *
- He succumbed to the superstition of beauty and ornament, even though the ornament was of his own devising, and, consequently, inferior to that of established historical forms.†
Chpt 3.6
- The Council of American Builders ruled the profession and talked about a closed shop, though no one had yet devised a way of achieving that.†
Chpt 4.7
- You'll have to devise your own way of accomplishing it.†
Chpt 4.8
- Extras piled on the cost of construction so carefully devised for economy.†
Chpt 4.12
- They wanted a scheme devised to build a structure as cheaply as possible.†
Chpt 4.18
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