Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Devise (-d, devising)
devise (-d, devising), v. [OFr devise-r, divide, distribute, arrange, array, form a plan or design, contrive.] (webplay: new, other, us, when).
Contrive; invent; concoct; fabricate; (see Exodus 31:4).
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