Both Uses of
devise
in
Childhood's End
- "It might be possible," mused the other, "to devise instruments which could teach us something.†
Chpt 3devise = come up with (invent or create)
- Yes, perhaps instruments could be devised.... What he had refused to do under duress, he might yet attempt of his own free wilL 4 .†
Chpt 3 *devised = came up with (invented or created)
Definition:
to come up with a way of doing something -- typically a creative idea or plan