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)
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).