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Definition of Devisal
1. Noun. The act of devising something.
Definition of Devisal
1. n. A devising.
Definition of Devisal
1. Noun. An act of devising. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Devisal
1. the act of devising [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Devisal
Literary usage of Devisal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mentally Defective Children by Alfred Binet, Théodore Simon (1914)
"In the second place, it is affirmed that in the devisal of schemes of training
for mental defectives, we must take into account that the dominant features ..."
2. The French Revolution: A Political History, 1789-1804 by François-Alphonse Aulard (1910)
"... expressed the same preference for direct suffrage : " It would have been
desirable that the Assembly should have undertaken the devisal of a method of ..."
3. Enjoyment of Poetry by Max Eastman (1921)
"... melody and rhythm, Francis Thompson has hardly been excelled. TO A SNOW-FLAKE "What
heart could have thought you?— Past our devisal (A filigree petal ! ..."
4. William Allingham: A Diary by William Allingham (1907)
"What a country is Ireland ! her chief manufacture is Calamity Water, a name too
of her own devisal. Saturday, May 23.—Hear of the death of my half- brother ..."
5. The Lives of the Chief Justices of England: From the Norman Conquest Till by Baron John Campbell Campbell, James Cockcroft (1894)
"The contemplated deposition of the sovereign, or even the devisal of a plan for
putting him under restraint for any purpose whatever, such as Essex designed ..."
6. Poems by Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore (1890)
"Faith removes mountains, much more love ; ' Let your contempt abolish me ' If
ought of your devisal prove ' Too hard or high to do or be.' 2 I ended. ..."
7. The Friendly Town: A Little Book for the Urbane by Edward Verrall Lucas (1906)
"William Cowper. To a Snowflake oooo TIT" HAT heart could have thought of you ?
' * Past our devisal (O filigree petal! ..."
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