Found 3 items, similar to Devising.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: devise
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: devising
devising
n : the act that results in something coming to be;
“the
devising of plans”;
“the fashioning of pots and pans”;
“the making of measurements”;
“it was already in the
making” [syn:
fashioning,
making]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Devising
Devise
\De*vise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Devised; p. pr. & vb.
n.
Devising.] [OF. deviser to distribute, regulate, direct,
relate, F., to chat, fr. L. divisus divided, distributed, p.
p. of dividere. See
Divide, and cf.
Device.]
1. To form in the mind by new combinations of ideas, new
applications of principles, or new arrangement of parts;
to formulate by thought; to contrive; to excogitate; to
invent; to plan; to scheme; as, to devise an engine, a new
mode of writing, a plan of defense, or an argument.
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To devise curious works. --Ex. CCTV.
32.
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Devising schemes to realize his ambitious views.
--Bancroft.
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2. To plan or scheme for; to purpose to obtain.
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For wisdom is most riches; fools therefore
They are which fortunes do by vows devise.
--Spenser.
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3. To say; to relate; to describe. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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4. To imagine; to guess. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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5. (Law) To give by will; -- used of real estate; formerly,
also, of chattels.
Syn: To bequeath; invent; discover; contrive; excogitate;
imagine; plan; scheme. See
Bequeath.
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