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To Build a Fire
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- He was sure to frost his cheeks; he knew that, and experienced a pang of regret that he had not devised a nosestrap of the sort Bud wore in cold snaps.†
devised = came up with (invented or created)
- Then he devised a way.
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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) In law, devise can also reference a gift given in a will (or the act of bequeathing such a gift).