noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   the act of creating a plan or some object, especially a will countable, uncountable

   "I take some kind of comfort in the inexhaustibility of the devisings of nature, that it can keep coming up with new things."

2. 2
   the act that results in something coming to be wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of devise form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

fashioningfashioningmakingarchitectureassemblyauthorship

Example

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"This is a plan of my own devising."

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