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Definition of Devising
1. Noun. The act that results in something coming to be. "It was already in the making"
Generic synonyms: Production
Specialized synonyms: Cartography, Mapmaking, Film Making, Movie Making, Moviemaking
Derivative terms: Devise, Devise, Fashion, Make, Make, Make, Make, Make, Make
Definition of Devising
1. Noun. the act of creating a plan or some object, especially a will ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of devise) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Devising
1. devise [v] - See also: devise
Lexicographical Neighbors of Devising
Literary usage of Devising
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Office of Surrogate, Surrogates, and Surrogates Courts, and Executors by Isaac Dayton (1861)
"... AND THE POWER OF BEQUEATHING OR devising. The power of bequeathing is coeval
with the first rudiments of the English law ; for we have no traces or ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Executors and Administrators by Edward Vaughan Williams, Roland Lomax Vaughan Williams, Joseph Fitz Randolph, William Talcott (1895)
"... they were of course equally so of devising it) ;2 but alien enemies, unless
they had the king's license, express or implied, to reside in this country, ..."
3. Institutes of Common and Statute Law by John Barbee Minor (1877)
"This statute did not enlarge the power of devising, but a previous statute, passed
the same year of Charles's return from his exile (12 Car. II, c. ..."
4. The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Cæsar, to the Revolution by David Hume (1810)
"... but to have satisfied himself with devising temporary expedients for removing
particular discontents, as they showed themselves in overt acts of ..."
5. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"... as much in place there as when facing an angry nation; contented in the home
she made; the loyal friend; such ingenuity in devising ways to help you; ..."
6. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"No : Mrs. Trumpler remains, and she has drawn out a new code of her own—a
thirty-nine articles of her own devising, which I must subscribe, or forfeit her ..."
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