devising

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Noun

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devising (countable and uncountable, plural devisings)

  1. the act of creating a plan or some object, especially a will
    • 1965, A. R. Ammons, Tape for the Turn of the Year:
      I take some kind of comfort in the inexhaustibility of the devisings of nature, that it can keep coming up with new things.

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Verb

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devising

  1. present participle and gerund of devise