All 3 Uses of
devise
in
Romeo and Juliet
- Bid her devise
some means to come to shrift this afternoon.p. 104.9devise = come up with (invent)
- I do protest I never injur'd thee,
But love thee better than thou canst devise,
Till thou shalt know the reason of my love.
And so good Capulet—which name I tender
As dearly as mine own—be satisfied.p. 124.7devise = imagine (invent in the mind)
- Then comes she to me,
And with wild looks, bid me devise some means
To rid her from this second marriage,Scene 5.3 *devise = come up with (invent)
Definition:
to come up with a way of doing something -- typically a creative idea or plan