devisein a sentence
devise as in: devise a plan
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She plans to devise something to launch water balloons.devise = come up with (invent or create)
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This may be our last chance to devise a compromise that will save the peace.
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To paraphrase Churchill, "Democracy is the worst form of government ever devised by the mind of man, except for all the other forms that have been tried from time to time."devised = come up with (created)
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He had to devise something that could etch up the patch area so the glue would stick. (source)devise = come up with (invent or create)
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We'd have to devise other ways to stay warm. (source)devise = think of
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His absence from the disaster had made him an outsider, and he would never regain what he had lost here—which meant it was time to devise a new plan of action. (source)devise = come up with (invent or create)
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Probably the one with scientific aptitude was Benjamin, the male who had devised new, important equipment for the Rehabilitation Center. (source)devised = invented
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I will program your battles now, not the computer; I will devise the strategy of your enemy, and you will learn to be quick and discover what tricks the enemy has for you. (source)devise = come up with (invent or create)
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And so, as Jaimito snored away, Dede began devising a little exercise to distract her mind and fortify her spirit. (source)devising = thinking of
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32:8 But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.† (source)deviseth = comes up with (invents or creates)standard suffix: Today, the suffix "-th" is replaced by "-s", so that where they said "She deviseth" in older English, today we say "She devises."
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Maraa Isabel devises a plan to stay.† (source)
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"I will never fire a gun," he devised. (source)devised = invented or created
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We were having lunch at the Arcadian Court; Winifred had invited me there, just the two of us, to devise a stratagem for Laura, as she put it. (source)devise = think of
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I entertain myself devising new tortures for him. (source)devising = thinking of
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24:8 He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.† (source)deviseth = comes up with (invents or creates)
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In the biblical story, King Solomon devises a way to find out what is in each woman's heart.† (source)
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