All 4 Uses of
devise
in
The Two Towers
- Others might be devised.†
Chpt 3.5 *devised = came up with (invented or created)
- A fell weapon, perchance, devised by the Dark Lord.†
Chpt 4.5
- Little she knew of or cared for towers, or rings, or anything devised by mind or hand, who only desired death for all others, mind and body, and for herself a glut of life, alone, swollen till the mountains could no longer hold her up and the darkness could not contain her.†
Chpt 4.9
- It pleased him that she should dwell there hungry but unabated in malice, a more sure watch upon that ancient path into his land than any other that his skill could have devised.†
Chpt 4.9
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).