devise
verb (used with object)
to contrive, plan, or elaborate; invent from existing principles or ideas.
deviser
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a word derived from
devise.
Example Sentences
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But he remains the engaging, articulate and uncensored champion of artistic freedom and the ingenious deviser of “Midnight’s Children” and other lauded works of fiction.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2024
Far more are employed only by the deviser and his partner.
From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2014
Rudolph von Laban, 78, Hungarian-born choreographer, teacher and theorist of the dance, deviser of Labanotation, the first widely accepted, effective method of recording dance movements on paper; in London.
From Time Magazine Archive
This is all catnip to Terry Gilliam, deviser of the Monty Python animations and co-director of Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hence Berengarius, who had been the first deviser of this heresy, was afterwards forced to withdraw his error, and to acknowledge the truth of the faith.
From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Aquinas Thomas
