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The Odyssey, by Homer (translated by: Butcher & Lang)
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And she hath devised in her heart this wile besides; she set up in her halls a mighty web, fine of woof and very wide, whereat she would weave, and anon she spake among us: '"Ye princely youths, my wooers, now that the goodly Odysseus is dead, do ye abide patiently, how eager soever to speed on this marriage of mine, till I finish the robe.†
Book 2

devised = came up with (invented or created)
And yonder men, so soon as thou art gone, will devise mischief against thee thereafter, that thou mayest perish by guile, and they will share among them all this wealth of thine.†
Book 2

devise = come up with (invent or create)
For nine whole years we were busy about them, devising their ruin with all manner of craft; and scarce did Cronion bring it to pass.†
Book 3 *

devising = coming up with (inventing or creating)
But after we had sacked the steep city of Priam, and had departed in our ships, and a god had scattered the Achaeans, even then did Zeus devise in his heart a pitiful returning for the Argives, for in no wise were they all discreet or just.†
Book 3

devise = come up with (invent or create)
And of the son of Atreus even yourselves have heard, far apart though ye dwell, how he came, and how Aegisthus devised his evil end; but verily he himself paid a terrible reckoning.†
Book 3

devised = came up with (invented or created)
Oh that the gods would clothe me with such strength as his, that I might take vengeance on the wooers for their cruel transgression, who wantonly devise against me infatuate deeds!†
Book 3

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There is none assurance any more of his returning, but already have the deathless gods devised for him death and black fate.†
Book 3

devised = came up with (invented or created)
But when he in his turn, faring over the wine-dark sea in hollow ships, reached in swift course the steep mount of Malea, then it was that Zeus of the far-borne voice devised a hateful path, and shed upon them the breath of the shrill winds, and great swelling waves arose like unto mountains.†
Book 3
'So she spake, but I answered and said unto her: "Devise now thyself the ambush to take this ancient one divine, lest by any chance he see me first, or know of my coming, and avoid me.†
Book 4

devise = come up with (invent or create)
But herself she wrought deliverance, and devised a great comfort.†
Book 4

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Now it was no long time before Penelope heard of the counsel that the wooers had devised in the deep of their heart.†
Book 4
But the wooers devise another far greater and more grievous, which I pray the son of Cronos may never fulfil!†
Book 4

devise = come up with (invent or create)
For many foemen devise evil against him, and go about to kill him, or ever he come to his own country.'†
Book 4
Nay, but my thoughts are such, and such will be my counsel, as I would devise for myself, if ever so sore a need came over me.†
Book 5
To his house went the goddess, grey-eyed Athene, devising a return for the great-hearted Odysseus.†
Book 6

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So when they had come thither, and sat them down on the polished stones close by each other, Pallas Athene went on her way through the town, in the semblance of the herald of wise Alcinous, devising a return for the great-hearted Odysseus.†
Book 8
Now when Hephaestus heard the bitter tidings, he went his way to the forge, devising evil in the deep of his heart, and set the great anvil on the stithy, and wrought fetters that none might snap or loosen, that the lovers might there unmoveably remain.†
Book 8
Then straightway they went and mixed with the men of the lotus-eaters, and so it was that the lotus-eaters devised not death for our fellows, but gave them of the lotus to taste.†
Book 9

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Then with a loud whoop, the Cyclops turned his fat flocks towards the hills; but I was left devising evil in the deep of my heart, if in any wise I might avenge me, and Athene grant me renown.†
Book 9

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But he heeded not the sacrifice, but was devising how my decked ships and my dear company might perish utterly.†
Book 9
And the spirit of the son of Aeacus, fleet of foot, knew me again, and making lament spake to me winged words: '"Son of Laertes, of the seed of Zeus, Odysseus of many devices, man overbold, what new deed and hardier than this wilt thou devise in thy heart?†
Book 11

devise = come up with (invent or create)
I was the son of Zeus Cronion, yet had I trouble beyond measure, for I was subdued unto a man far worse than I. And he enjoined on me hard adventures, yea and on a time he sent me hither to bring back the hound of hell; for he devised no harder task for me than this.†
Book 11

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Then they twain sat down by the trunk of the sacred olive tree, and devised death for the froward wooers.†
Book 13
But when Zeus, of the far-borne voice, devised at the last that hateful path which loosened the knees of many a man in death, then the people called on me and on renowned Idomeneus to lead the ships to Ilios, nor was there any way whereby to refuse, for the people's voice bore hard upon us.†
Book 14
But Zeus, the counsellor, devised mischief against me, wretched man that I was!†
Book 14
Now when they had sworn and done that oath, again the woman spake among them and answered, saying: '"Hold your peace now, and let none of your fellows speak to me and greet me, if they meet me in the street, or even at the well, lest one go and tell it to the old man at home, and he suspect somewhat and bind me in hard bonds and devise death for all of you.†
Book 15

devise = come up with (invent or create)
Then the steadfast goodly Odysseus answered him: 'My friend, since it is indeed my right to answer thee withal, of a truth my heart is rent as I hear your words, such infatuate deeds ye say the wooers devise in the halls, in despite of thee, a man so noble.†
Book 16
As for me, I will tarry here, and do thou return hither when thou hast told the tidings to her alone; but of the other Achaeans let no man learn it, for there be many that devise mischief against me.'†
Book 16
But even here let us devise an evil end for him, even for Telemachus, and let him not escape out of our hands, for methinks that while he lives we shall never achieve this task of ours.†
Book 16
And wise Penelope answered her: 'Nurse, they are all enemies, for they all devise evil continually, but of them all Antinous is the most like to black fate.†
Book 17
(*) For there are no mortal men, methinks, so wanton as these, and none that devise such infatuate deeds.†
Book 17
Such infatuate deeds do I see the wooers devising, as they waste the wealth, and hold in no regard the wife of a man, who, methinks, will not much longer be far from his friends and his own land; nay he is very near.†
Book 18

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Howbeit I cannot devise all things according to wisdom, for these men in their evil counsel drive me from my wits, on this side and on that, and there is none to aid me.†
Book 18

devise = come up with (invent or create)
Now the goodly Odysseus was left behind in the hall, devising with Athene's aid the slaying of the wooers, and straightway he spake winged words to Telemachus: 'Telemachus, we must needs lay by the weapons of war within, every one; and when the wooers miss them and ask thee concerning them, thou shalt beguile them with soft words, saying: 'Out of the smoke I laid them by, since they were no longer like those that Odysseus left behind him of old, when he went to Troy, but they are wholly marred, so mightily hath passed upon them the vapour of fire.†
Book 19

devising = coming up with (inventing or creating)
But goodly Odysseus was left behind in the hall, devising with Athene's aid the slaying of the wooers.†
Book 19
And now I can neither escape the marriage nor devise any further counsel, and my parents are instant with me to marry, and my son chafes that these men devour his livelihood, as he takes note of all; for by this time he has come to man's estate; and is full able to care for a household, for one to which Zeus vouchsafes honour.†
Book 19

devise = come up with (invent or create)
Then Odysseus of many counsels answered him saying: 'Oh, that the gods, Eumaeus, may avenge the scorn wherewith these men deal insolently, and devise infatuate deeds in another's house, and have no place for shame!'†
Book 20
With these I will go forth, for I see evil coming on you, which not one man of the wooers may avoid or shun, of all you who in the house of divine Odysseus deal insolently with men and devise infatuate deeds.'†
Book 20
But the goodly swineherd was ware thereof, and quickly he spake to Odysseus who stood nigh him: 'Son of Laertes, of the seed of Zeus, Odysseus, of many devices, lo, there again is that baleful man, whom we ourselves suspect, going to the chamber; do thou tell me truly, shall I slay him if I prove the better man, or bring him hither to thee, that he may pay for the many transgressions that he has devised in thy house?'†
Book 22

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For always my heart within my breast shuddered, for fear lest some man should come and deceive me with his words, for many they be that devise gainful schemes and evil.†
Book 23

devise = come up with (invent or create)
But what joy have I now herein, that I have wound up the clew of war, for on my return Zeus devised for me an evil end at the hands of Aegisthus and my wife accursed?'†
Book 24

devised = came up with (invented or created)
We wooed the wife of Odysseus that was long afar, and she neither refused the hated bridal nor was minded to make an end, devising for us death and black fate.†
Book 24

devising = coming up with (inventing or creating)
In far other wise did the daughter of Tyndareus devise ill deeds, and slay her wedded lord, and hateful shall the song of her be among men, and an evil repute hath she brought upon all womankind, even on the upright.'†
Book 24

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Weeping for him he made harangue and spake among them: 'Friends, a great deed truly hath this man devised against the Achaeans.†
Book 24

devised = came up with (invented or created)
Nay didst not thou thyself devise this very thought, namely, that Odysseus should indeed take vengeance on these men at his coming?†
Book 24

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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
(2) (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).

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