All 3 Uses of
devise
in
The Lords of Discipline
- I was young then, and my youth permitted me to believe that I could change the world if only I could devise a cunning enough strategy.†
Chpt 3.22 *devise = come up with (invent or create)
- We devised a sure-fire way to make 'em talk, and it's perfectly humane.†
Chpt 4.36devised = came up with (invented or created)
- Over the years, cadets, like other kinds of prisoners, spent much of their time devising routes and rituals of escape if the need arose to make their way to the real world during the hours between taps and reveille.†
Chpt 4.37devising = coming up with (inventing or creating)
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).