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
The Paradise of Dainty Devises, &c., printed for E. White, 1600, 4to.
From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
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
I may mention, however, that a play was represented, written by my patron’s old friend, Thomas Churchyard, as also a pageant, “The Devises of War.”
From The Golden Grasshopper A story of the days of Sir Thomas Gresham by Kingston, William Henry Giles
In 1557 De Tournes issued also the Devises H�roiques of Claude Paradin, and he was also the publisher of a Calendrier Historial, a memorandum book charmingly decorated with cuts of the seasons.
From Fine Books by Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William)
