All 7 Uses
devise
in
Medea, by Euripides - (translated by: E.P. Coleridge)
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- Wert thou to call the men of old time rude uncultured boors thou wouldst not err, seeing that they devised their hymns for festive occasions, for banquets, and to grace the board, a pleasure to catch the ear, shed o'er our life, but no man hath found a way to allay hated grief by music and the minstrel's varied strain, whence arise slaughters and fell strokes of fate to o'erthrow the homes of men.†
devised = came up with (invented or created)
- Wherefore this one boon and only this I wish to win from thee,-thy silence, if haply I can some way or means devise to avenge me on my husband for this cruel treatment, and on the man who gave to him his daughter, and on her who is his wife.†
devise = come up with (invent or create)
- CREON I fear thee,-no longer need I veil my dread 'neath words,-lest thou devise against my child some cureless ill.†
- CREON Thy words are soft to hear, but much I dread lest thou art devising some mischief in thy heart, and less than ever do I trust thee now; for cunning woman, and man likewise, is easier to guard against when quick-tempered than when taciturn.†
devising = coming up with (inventing or creating)
- MEDEA Suffer me to abide this single day and devise some plan for the manner of my exile, and means of living for my children, since their father cares not to provide his babes therewith.†
devise = come up with (invent or create)
- Up, then, Medea, spare not the secrets of thy art in plotting and devising; on to the danger.†
*devising = coming up with (inventing or creating)
- MEDEA Old friend, needs must I weep; for the gods and I with fell intent devised these schemes.†
devised = 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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(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).