devises
- present tense form of devise (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Devises and proposes a plan for a federal union Assembly passes his bill providing for night watchmen and street lighting.
From Time Magazine Archive
At Poulshot, a village neer the Devises, in the spring time the inhabitants appeare of a primrose complexion; 'tis a wett, dirty place.
From The Natural History of Wiltshire by Aubrey, John
The first elevation, or next storie, is from the Derry Hill, or Bowdon Lodge, to the hill beyond the Devises, called Red-hone, which is the limbe or beginning of Salisbury plaines.
From The Natural History of Wiltshire by Aubrey, John
The Romans transmitted the Marks of their Families: but they were the Images, not the Devises of their Ancestors.
From Leviathan by Hobbes, Thomas
The Paradise of Dainty Devises, &c., printed for E. White, 1600, 4to.
From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
