Devised can be categorized as a verb.
Verb |
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| devise - give by will, especially real property | ||
| devise - arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office" | ||
| devise - come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light" |
| # | Sentence | ||
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| 1. | verb | People devised shelters in order to protect themselves. | |
| 2. | verb | He devised a new engine to use less gas. | |
| 3. | verb | He devised a complicated clockwork toy. | |
| 4. | verb | They devised a scheme to make money with little effort. | |
| 5. | verb | In order to distract the population from their true intrigues, the politicians devised some half-hearted reforms. | |
| 6. | verb | They devised ingenious solutions. | |
| 7. | verb | Tom devised a plan to burglarize Mary's house. | |
| 8. | verb | Dan devised an escape scheme with one of his cellmates. | |
| 9. | verb | She quickly devised a plan to skip school and go to the party. | |
| 10. | verb | They have devised a cure for this illness. | |
| 11. | verb | Taxation according to income is the most effective instrument yet devised to obtain just contribution from those best able to bear it and to avoid placing onerous burdens upon the mass of our people. | |
| 12. | verb | No orthography has been devised for the written form of the language. | |
| 13. | verb | Sami and Layla devised a make-believe world. | |
| 14. | verb | Sami devised a cunning plan to cover his tracks. | |
| 15. | verb | To explain this phenomenon, each scientist devised his own theory. |
| Sentence | |
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| verb | |
| People devised shelters in order to protect themselves. | |
| He devised a new engine to use less gas. | |
| He devised a complicated clockwork toy. | |
| They devised a scheme to make money with little effort. | |
| In order to distract the population from their true intrigues, the politicians devised some half-hearted reforms. | |
| They devised ingenious solutions. | |
| Tom devised a plan to burglarize Mary's house. | |
| Dan devised an escape scheme with one of his cellmates. | |
| She quickly devised a plan to skip school and go to the party. | |
| They have devised a cure for this illness. | |
| Taxation according to income is the most effective instrument yet devised to obtain just contribution from those best able to bear it and to avoid placing onerous burdens upon the mass of our people. | |
| No orthography has been devised for the written form of the language. | |
| Sami and Layla devised a make-believe world. | |
| Sami devised a cunning plan to cover his tracks. | |
| To explain this phenomenon, each scientist devised his own theory. | |