All 3 Uses
devise
in
The Hunger Games
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- I'm beginning to think we — meaning the person whose death I'm now devising and me — we might actually have gone unnoticed.†
p. 159.3 *devising = coming up with (inventing or creating)
- For a while, we dig roots, we gather berries and greens, we devise a strategy in hushed voices.†
p. 211.6devise = come up with (invent or create)
- This has all been devised by the Gamemakers to guarantee the most dramatic showdown in history.†
p. 342.8devised = 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) In law, devise can also reference a gift given in a will (or the act of bequeathing such a gift).