All 3 Uses of
devise
in
Ulysses, by James Joyce
- He rests, disarmed of fatherhood, having devised that mystical estate upon his son.†
Chpt 9 *devised = came up with (invented or created)
- And full fair cheer and rich was on the board that no wight could devise a fuller ne richer.†
Chpt 14devise = come up with (invent or create)
- Well observed and those pannier pockets of the skirt and slightly pegtop effect are devised to suggest bunchiness of hip.†
Chpt 15devised = came up with (invented or created)
Definitions:
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(1)
(devise as in: devise a plan) to come up with a way of doing something -- typically a creative idea or plan
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
In law, devise can also reference a gift given in a will (or the act of bequeathing such a gift).