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"Devise" in a Sentence (22 examples)
We must devise some means of escape.
He tried to devise a plan for getting rid of termites.
He could devise clever alibis.
Dorcon, finding himself vanquished, fled into the woods to hide his shame and displeasure, and to devise some other means of succeeding in his love affairs.
Then first with eager joy / "O Goddess-born," the bold Achates cries, / "how now? What purpose doth thy mind devise? / Lo! all are safe – ships, comrades brought again; / one only fails us, who before our eyes / sank in the midst of the engulfing main. / All else confirms the tale thy mother told thee plain."
"By his words made wise / this steed, for stol'n Palladium, they devise, / to soothe the outrag'd goddess."
We'll devise another solution.
Let's devise a new strategy.
The Vice-Consul obligingly expressed his regret for the unpleasant scene of the preceding evening; he did not dissemble his apprehensions for me, in case I continued long in my present situation, but could devise no means for my escape; I was still more perplexed, as without his assistance I should find it impossible to quit the country.
We need to devise a plan.
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Near-synonyms: lay, set, design, plan, create
to devise an argument; to devise a machine, or a new system of writing
Therefore to make complaynt Of such mysadvysed Parsons and dysgysed, Thys boke we have devysed, […]
His fiery eies are fixt vpon the earth. As if he now deuiſ’d some Stratageme: Or meant to pierce Auernus darkſome vauts. To pull the triple headed dog from hell.
devising schemes to realize his ambitious views
Thus, the task of the linguist devising a grammar which models the linguistic competence of the fluent native speaker is to devise a finite set of rules which are capable of specifying how to form, interpret, and pronounce an infinite set of well-formed sentences.
Thailand goes to the polls on Sunday under a new system that critics say the military government has devised to prevent the most popular political party, which has won every election since 2001, from returning to power.
I thought, devised, and Pallas heard my prayer.
For wisedome is most riches; fooles therefore / They are, which fortunes doe by vowes deuize,
I do protest I neuer iniur’d thee, But lou’d thee better then thou can’st deuise: Till thou shalt know the reason of my loue.
Fines upon devises were still exacted.
I don't know how I got to be so sour on life, but I'm constantly in solitary confinement of my own devise, […]
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