All 3 Uses of
devise
in
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
- The other was a most artful deceiver, and could be understood only by such as were skilful enough to detect his cunningly-devised frauds.†
Chpt 10 *devised = came up with (invented or created)
- I bent myself to devising ways and means for our escape, and meanwhile strove, on all fitting occasions, to impress them with the gross fraud and inhumanity of slavery.†
Chpt 10devising = coming up with (inventing or creating)
- Mr. Ruggles was then very deeply engaged in the memorable Darg case, as well as attending to a number of other fugitive slaves, devising ways and means for their successful escape; and, though watched and hemmed in on almost every side, he seemed to be more than a match for his enemies.†
Chpt 11
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).