All 3 Uses of
devise
in
Othello, the Moor of Venice
- I'll send her to you presently; And I'll devise a mean to draw the Moor Out of the way, that your converse and business May be more free.†
Scene 3.1 *devise = come up with (invent or create)
- I know not where he lodges; and for me to devise a lodging, and say he lies here or he lies there were to lie in mine own throat.†
Scene 3.4
- But, Roderigo, if thou hast that in thee indeed, which I have greater reason to believe now than ever,—I mean purpose, courage, and valour,—this night show it: if thou the next night following enjoy not Desdemona, take me from this world with treachery and devise engines for my life.†
Scene 4.2
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).