How To Use Devise In A Sentence

He first constructed a horizontal wheel that he named a Danaide, and later devised another, the Vortex Water Wheel, which he patented in July 1850 and which came to be used extensively.
When the new student funding system was devised in 2010 the figure was just 28%. Times, Sunday Times
He could hardly be said to have "devised a feasible method for regular use. FINGERPRINTS: Murder and the Race to Uncover the Science of Identity
We have devised a functional approach to clone genes involved in the regulation of cell growth and senescence.
In the twelfth century the canon lawyers devised an elaborate, and comparatively humane, legal framework for poor relief.

One such is the following chart, which can be used to devise typical bureaucratic phrases that sound impressive but mean nothing.
An inventor in Finland has devised a new method of keeping dogs safe from wolves: little protective vests. Times, Sunday Times
He replied, “I know not; but thou art better able to judge, being acquainted with the ways of thy man, more by token that thou art one of the sharpest-witted of women and past mistress of devices such as devise that whereof fail the wise.” The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
To circumvent this problem, I have devised a system of price bands. The A-Z of Beauty Treatment
Gore then devised a plan to burn down the house, destroying any forensic evidence he might have left behind.
Suisse, by claiming they devised structures that helped him to hide losses. Times, Sunday Times
What is tragically evident from the Harry Read Me file is the picture it gives of the CRU scientists hopelessly at sea with the complex computer programmes they had devised to contort their data in the approved direction, more than once expressing their own desperation at how difficult it was to get the desired results. Coyote Blog » 2009 » November
One such is the following chart, which can be used to devise typical bureaucratic phrases that sound impressive but mean nothing.
He has devised a process for making gold wires which neither corrode nor oxidise.
A simple mathematical formula has been devised to allow you to calculate the interest due.
We used ipe wood strips as the skin of the structure, the ipe wood skin is devised as a double wall system, in which horizontal ipe strips are placed over vertical, furring strips. The Choy Residence by Terry & Terry Architecture
He was thirty years in Admiralty, all through the period of the Napoleonic War, and he devised the new doctrine, really based on the old rule of 1745, known as "Continuous Voyage". The Freedom of the Seas
The baronetage of Nova Scotia was devised in 1624 as a means of promoting the "plantation" of that province, and James announced his intention of creating a hundred baronets, each of whom was to support six colonists for two years (or pay 2000 marks in lieu thereof) and also to pay 1000 marks to Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"
How might we devise a system that offers students a second chance but that doesn't obfuscate reality or entice students to drop out?
A residents' petition called for the venture to be shelved until a more suitable access route was devised.
Various strategies are devised to arrest or fragment its ongoingness, and to retrieve or redeem moments that seem to stand outside time or otherwise defy it.
The differences may be in features, price, functionality, or anything else human ingenuity can devise. The goal in economic terms is to make a set of similar goods less substitutable for each other.
The deal will eliminate heavy intercontinental missiles and multiple-warhead missiles, the most devastating weapons mankind has ever devised.
A host of countermeasures have been devised and a few tried, such as exercise bikes and treadmills to which crew members are strapped.
Has there been any attempt on the part of the drag or bloodhound to devise a new form of the sport that might suit people that are not used to hunting in any way?
You are ready and able to recognise your untapped potential and devise a step-by-step plan to use it. The Sun
We're getting a reprieve from inflation," said Edward Yardeni, president and chief investment strategist at Yardeni Research Inc. in New York, who will speak at the conference and who devised the term "bond vigilantes" to describe the power financial markets can wield over governments. BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Paradiso's team also devised a shoe that could generate a few milliwatts of electricity with each footfall.
More happily, the "stolen children"—a narrative element Ms. Tharp devised to give her take on MacDonald's tale further dance opportunities—are outfitted winningly in togs that might be off the rack of a local boutique. The Kids Are All Right
The American mezzo has devised an enterprising programme for her solo debut. Times, Sunday Times
Menander was a skilful constructor of plots, an imaginative deviser of situations, and a master of variety and suspense.
After the War, Pa resumed his legal studies at Melbourne, obtaining in record time the truncated LL.B. that was devised for ex-servicemen. Archive 2009-01-01
What ever man contrives or devises is an artifice, a thing of art not of nature, and therefore artificial. The Kempton-Wace Letters
With that object in view, therefore, it will be needful to devise suitable legislative enactments to protect our oyster fisheries and to foster ostreiculture at the same time. The Art of Living in Australia
It is against these projections and insinuations that Luzhin tries to devise a defence, the failure of which has tragic consequences.
A devisor may clearly devise or limit the possession of chattels, making them inalienable by devisees in succession. The Eustace Diamonds
Strauss devised his music for Enoch Arden to strengthen his Munich position with Ernst von Possart, intendant of the Court Theatre.
Some maps included here are horrible documents devised by horrible people. Times, Sunday Times
And as to taking by devise, that is a taking by purchase, as was adjudged by the Lords in the case of Bofper and (1) Reports of cases argued and determined in the High Court of Chancery, and of some special cases adjudged in the Court of King's Bench [1695-1735]
That being said, the oral tradition within which troubadour song was devised and transmitted probably encouraged constant reinvention, and it is hard to believe that either melodies or accompaniments were immutably fixed.
ANC, in the long term, guarantee the best interest of the country as a whole as opposed to the short-term sectional interests devised by the grand Apartheid strategy of the past. Strategy and Tactics of the African National Congress
With such discourse, and the intervening topics of business, the time passed until dinner, Macwheeble meanwhile promising to devise some mode of introducing Edward at the Duchran, where Rose at present resided, without risk of danger or suspicion; which seemed no very easy task, since the laird was a very zealous friend to government. Waverley
Of course his reconstructions might be merely a projection of Propp's thesis onto the material, in which case he was proving nothing; but he knew -- he _knew_ -- that his reconstructions were not nonsensical, and they did tend to coalesce toward the pure structure Propp had devised. Enchantment
Although a relatively objective metalanguage can be devised to describe and discuss poetry, individual response to it is necessarily subjective.
Clinton and Zedillo ordered their respective Cabinets to devise a common counter-drug strategy.
I devised these flowery egg cosies to use up oddments of yarn that I had dyed.
Her "Willisville" online community, a wildly inventive precursor to something like Second Life, was devised with partner Prudence Fenton in the early 1990s -- years before most Americans even had AOL dial-up access or knew what a social network was -- and lauded by Fortune magazine as one of the emerging Internet's most exciting companies. Kristi York Wooten: Legendary Songwriter Allee Willis Brings Her Party to the People
Since the bridge blocks much of the sunlight shining in the loft's direction, Brayton had to devise ways to warm the space from the inside.
At one time, diabolical machines were devised for torture: from the brank, the brazen bull, and the breaking wheel to the heretic's fork, the instep borer and the iron maiden. Russ Wellen: What Is It with Men and Torture?
Google calls the devise "reminiscent of an ice cream cart. MPNnow Home RSS
You lose glasses and keys either because your brain never encoded an event or piece of information or because a cue devised to trigger your memory failed.
This week she has devised the Oblique Crunch, to strengthen abdominal muscles.
The internal emergency was imposed and many oppositon leaders, especially of the erstwhile Jana sangh,. the predecessor to the present Bharatiya Janata party were held in Bangalore. the jail, like the jails of old, provided room for the leaders to introspect and devise ways to end the hegemony of the congress party. Uncertainty Ahead in Karnataka Elections
Critics of the allowances system say it is a cynical ploy devised by pay consultants. Times, Sunday Times
In 2005, in typical Roadrunner fashion, the label devised a brilliantly inventive way to celebrate its milestone 25th anniversary. Roadrunner Records Latest News
Galton devised a method of creating composite pictures in which the features of different faces were superimposed over one another.
With a wide range of jamming capabilities and easily wearable the devise is the size of a radio, the Storm-H extends protection to each individual soldier on tactical operations. FOXNews.com
You can devise a plan to help it happen. The Sun
He has constructed a pandaemonium in an upper story of his museum, in which he has congregated all the images of horror that his fertile fancy could devise; dwarfs that by machinery grow into giants before the eyes of the spectator; imps of ebony with eyes of flame; monstrous reptiles devouring youth and beauty; lakes of fire, and mountains of ice; in short, wax, paint and springs have done wonders. Domestic Manners of the Americans
Through that approach, persons with a dispute in the civil court are given the opportunity to resolve the matter with solutions that they devise.
Singh said that Pepper conspired with Young to devise the scheme to pass phony checks.
It is no small irony that these provisions in the current housing law were devised by one-time Republican Sen.
So I've devised what you might call a mock risotto, in which acini di pepe (a pastina, or little pasta, named for its peppercorn shape) is cooked directly in the soup, absorbing all of its sweet, oniony flavor. Serious Eats
The large waves of migration of the modern world, along with the instant technology we've devised (television, radio, movies, the Internet), encourage verbal cross-fertilization.
The umbrella was ingeniously devised to fold up into your pocket.
Various ingenious methods have been devised for stirring large quantities in more than one container simultaneously. Secrets of the Soil
The system devised for the space shuttle is much more sophisticated and can be used by both male and female astronauts.
He devised a cheap lamp that would burn in the methane-rich atmosphere of the crept workings without instantly exploding.
Cagliostro," however, was unsatisfied with its rituals and devised a new system which he called Egyptian Masonry. Alchemy: Ancient and Modern
This shabby opportunism follows a script devised long before the election defeat. The Sun
Schoenberg sought what he called ‘speech melody’ - something between declamation and song - and he devised a notation that indicated the rise and fall of the voice, as well as its rhythm.
We have got to sweep away the system that has failed and devise a totally new one - designed and directed towards achieving Olympic targets.
Government policy that maximises profitability of businesses needs to be devised.
Emmanual: While I believe that nuclear armament is the most illogical concept ever devised by mankind, the statement above makes nuclear arms logical. Supremes to Hear Second Amendment Case
Some of these myths they may have devised for themselves; others will have been constructed by friends and admirers. Times, Sunday Times
The American trainers are also helping the Indian players in utilising the gluteal muscles well and for those who have a problem they have devised a special regimen of weight-training, sliding wedger, Swiss ball and medicine ball.
This shabby opportunism follows a script devised long before the election defeat. The Sun
Devised in Norway, this is an amalgam of traditional approaches and Western psychology, with no religious bias.
That meant they couldn't be bludgeoned into staying ‘on message’ but could be encouraged to use their ingenuity and enthusiasm to devise ways of supporting the general thrust of the campaign.
To make it possible to communicate sounds taken from all manner of other languages including click languages, she has also devised a phonetic system that is arguably more versatile than the International Phonetic Alphabet. Languagehat.com: EARTH LANGUAGE.
It was never clear whether there was actually a Fifth or whether the whole array was simply devised in order to confuse Tehran.
We need therefore to devise a screening procedure which singles out the problematic investigations.
All I am concerned to do is to point out that, since the record is silent, one can devise various hypotheses to explain that silence.
The mercury barometer is large and inconvenient to carry from place to place, and a more portable form has been devised, known as the aneroid barometer (Fig. 45). General Science
They have taken over key positions there and are scrambling to devise a plan to salvage the business.
He devised an experiment to ascertain whether salivation could occur in the absence of any obvious physical cause.
In addition to using a new metal compound in the catalyst, Panasonic has devised a new catalyst coating technology to maximize the performance of the catalyst on a variety of DPF types (cordierite [4], SiC [5], metal, etc.). Autoblog Green
It was never clear whether there was actually a Fifth or whether the whole array was simply devised in order to confuse Tehran.
Probably the most widely used tool for measuring subjective individual differences in imagery, made available by its deviser, David Marks (1973, 1999). His Name Was Do Re Mi
These fastidious, and sometimes fantastic ceremonies, originally devised as the very extremities of anti-barbarism, were often themselves but too nearly allied in spirit to the barbaresque in taste. The Caesars
That said, I don't feel that what the production team has devised here is always in the triptych's best theatrical interests.
The system devised for the space shuttle is much more sophisticated and can be used by both male and female astronauts.
This is precisely the sort of situation that old saying about things that look and quack like ducks was devised for. Times, Sunday Times
In the following decade, Chinese scientists based at the institute devised an inexpensive synthetic version of their antimalarial drug artemisinin.
Thomas Spray, MD: The so called Blalock-Taussig shunt, which was one of the first operations devised for children with cyanotic congenital heart disease, that is patients who were blue. Tetralogy of Fallot — Life After TOF Surgery
Jeremy Strode, the chef from the 90-seat Belvedere restaurant, has devised a Californian-style menu.
Ms Petit Jackson alleged that when she was nine years old, Jackson's mother Katherine devised a plan to "abduct" her and sent her to Belgium to protect her son's "reputation". AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories
This is the most popular ball game ever devised.
On Sunday the Times of London reported on a Republican attempt to use stylometry to affect tomorrow's US election: Dr Peter Millican, a philosophy don at Hertford College, Oxford, has devised a computer software program that can detect when works are by the same author by comparing favourite words and phrases. Stylometry for Fun and Profit
The maths game, which has the working title Pirate's Star, is being devised by software developers at Abertay.
The Hawaiian word kahuna meaning "priest" sounds remarkably similar to the Hebrew word for priest, but unless you can devise a story about an ancient encounter between Semitic tribes and Polynesians, it is likely that the two languages just happened to hit upon the same combination of sound and meaning in this one instant. Archive 2009-04-01
Think of a time when you thought realistically and constructively about an idea and devised an effective action plan. Training with N.L.P.
It is suggested also that the bishops should devise a system of regular visitations of the dioceses of their fellow bishops, a proposal, it is suggested, that should pose no threat to bishops who do not fear being held accountable.
The money came from the proceeds of a special experiment devised by Manfred Milinski, of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, a connoisseur of food and fine wine, a zoologist and naturalist who feels equally at home with people and stickleback fish, as we saw in chapter 1. SuperCooperators
An employee of Madame (Veuve) Cliquot devised the system of pupitres to assist in the remuage process, which we know as riddling, that removes the sediment after the prise de mousse (development of the sparkle). At My Table
A.. Try this: Devise a cover for the fan itself at the ceiling.
The Founders, so the liberal theory runs, devised the complicated checks and balances of the Constitution in order to overcome the traditional fate of republican self-government.
-- I this evening boasted, that although I did not write what is called stenography, or short-hand, in appropriated characters devised for the purpose, I had a method of my own of writing half words, and leaving out some altogether so as yet to keep the substance and language of any discourse which I had heard so much in view, that I could give it very completely soon after I had taken it down. Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood
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This is precisely the sort of situation that old saying about things that look and quack like ducks was devised for. Times, Sunday Times
But it would be the first time that third parties would be asked to devise policy without the involvement of the Civil Service. Times, Sunday Times
It had become boisterous and quite noisy so the Tavern owner had devised a way to get all the customers off each others' throats.
So thus through the monuments of writing which is the testimony unto virtue many men have been moved, some to build cities, some to devise and establish laws right, profitable, necessary and behoveful for the human life, some other to find new arts, crafts and sciences, very requisite to the use of mankind. John Lyly
I have devised this programme because it has worked with so many of my male clients. Times, Sunday Times
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The author devised a new version with butter (my recipe was fatless save for eggs and nuts), leaving my biscotti to remain my small contribution to the ages. Half a Loaf
It has the virtue of simplicity, but the remuneration consultants whose job it is to devise the current complex schemes won't like it. Times, Sunday Times
The issue facing the conscious planner is to devise a process which genuinely considers the interests of rural people.
The vacuum is devised for hard floor cleaning. The Sun
They proved an insufficient defence for sterling so it became necessary to devise plans and calculations for devaluation. Times, Sunday Times
According to mine coal silt water warehouse loader in the mine working condition, size reduction and lower costs on the premise that we have devised a kind of brake device driven by hydraulic engine.
The pipes and tabor, instruments devised for this mode of agitation, are depicted in both studioli. Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro
The beer has been specially devised to give it a distinctive claret colour and (for the more imaginative beer suppers) an amber-coloured head, hence resembling the club's home strip.
Governments, industrialists, colonialists, charities and individuals have all devised ambitious plans to develop it.
The solutions to online crimes and misdemeanours will not be devised by my generation. Times, Sunday Times
He devised a formula whereby the amount an employer can save, for every employee recruited, each year can be calculated.
Liu believes that the best way to win the battle is to devise fool-proof detection systems to catch all employees with counterfeit certificates so that the forgers would be forced to stop their operations.
Jeremy Strode, the chef from the 90-seat Belvedere restaurant, has devised a Californian-style menu.
His descriptions of the "felonry" -- a cutting term devised by himself, are grotesque and amusing. The History of Tasmania , Volume II
A system for allocating a small number of staff from a central point on a daily basis should be devised.
Perhaps I could devise a way to plant a heavy-duty rat trap in my bag, arranged so it would not spring unless someone stuck their hand where it didn't belong.
The writer has now devised a set of postcards picturing the landmarks, which will be distributed with his books.
The scheme was devised in response to a request from a landowner for projects to enhance the wildlife value of his land.
It also helps you to devise a step-by-step fitness plan. The Sun
One such is the following chart, which can be used to devise typical bureaucratic phrases that sound impressive but mean nothing.
Although the term trinity is a theological expression devised by the early Church Fathers in countering various heresies, such as Gnosticism, Sabellianism, and Arianism, and not to be found explicitly in the Bible, it is everywhere assumed and alluded to. SharperIron
The professor has devised a new method of teaching foreign languages.
An assembly set up to devise the country 's new constitution has been suspended amid accusations that it was not diverse enough. Times, Sunday Times
The course is a programme of exercise for people with physical disabilities and for those new to exercise, recuperating from illness or injury, or requiring a specially devised programme.
They may be the most functionally useless clothing items ever devised by humankind.
In the last column in the UML workbook series, we devised a system that would interact with both a human actor (a loan applicant) and an external system actor (a credit bureau).
A number of educational methods have been built on sight-singing, particularly those of the Italian solfeggio, the English Tonic Sol-fa and, during the 20th century, the highly systematic method devised in Hungary by Kodály.
Thou hast been trained from thy post by some deep guile — some well-devised stratagem — the cry of some distressed maiden has caught thine ear, or the laughful look of some merry one has taken thine eye. The Talisman
It was from the helicon that Conn in the USA devised the sousaphone for the American bandmaster John Philip Sousa.
He also became known for his tart, slashing criticism about tax policy - including policies devised by people whose general goals he shared.
The large waves of migration of the modern world, along with the instant technology we've devised (television, radio, movies, the Internet), encourage verbal cross-fertilization.
Flettcher saith belyke the sacke was som draughte as thatte devised by Paracelsvs to make a manne yonge again, & as proofe of this tells me it be knowen that Spayne hath sowt suche in the natural waiters of Florida, the which I knew afore, but I told him nott, onely that he should speak noe carelesse word therof. The Life of the World to Come
People in various civilizations have attempted to devise schemes to look beyond the present. World History: Patterns of Change and Continuity
The interpretation may or may not be what the deviser intended. Attached to Strings
Your only claim can be that it is the best possible artifice for the perpetuation of life, or that it is the only perfect, all-sufficient, and all-satisfying arti - fice that man can devise. The Kempton-Wace Letters
She devised a method for quicker communications between offices.
Once the observations are completed the parents can devise a hypothesis about what is maintaining the problem behaviour.
Where he and I would differ is that I think that the ability of government to devise a "solution" to the problem of future adjustments to the availability of educated labor from other countries is minimal compared to that of the decentralized trial-and-error groping mechanism of the market. Economic Advisers Stoop to the Net, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
They never devised an alphabet or ideographic system of communication. INCA GOLD
An inventor in Finland has devised a new method of keeping dogs safe from wolves: little protective vests. Times, Sunday Times
I felt like Max Zillion, a cartoon strip character devised by Hunt Emerson.
In response to these needs a calendrical system of considerable complexity was devised.
The inscriptions, instead of being grouped wherever there happened to be space, and so producing the richest form of wall-decoration ever devised by man, are disposed in symmetrical columns, the effect of which, when compared with the florid style of Karnak, is as the methodical neatness of an engrossed deed to the splendid freedom of an illuminated manuscript. A Thousand Miles Up the Nile
You can also devise a plan to get you there. The Sun
People in various civilizations have attempted to devise schemes to look beyond the present. World History: Patterns of Change and Continuity
Various ingenious methods have been devised for stirring large quantities in more than one container simultaneously. Secrets of the Soil
It was contemplated from the very beginning that all the countries in the area, whether members of the Commonwealth or not, would eventually be invited to participate on equal terms in whatever plan could be devised. Canada and the Colombo Plan
It is provided withand N double - break switch , supply indicator lamp and special snap - on devise. 3.
a person is blind to the extent that he must devise alternative techniques to do efficiently those things he would do with sight if he had normal vision
An international business firm has to devise a system of compensation and reward for extra effort for its employees congruous with the prevailing attitudes to work in the host culture.
Osteopathy, chiropractic, naprapathy, neurotherapy and spondylotherapy, as we have learned, are various systems of maipulative treatment which have been devised mainly to correct spinal and other bony lesions, shrinkage and contracture of muscles, ligaments and other connective tissues. Nature Cure
They devised proposals to deal with air pollution.
Actually, however, it is too naive to assume simply that ` jargon 'equals "long words" even though we can see why we feel the temptation, when the enemy called taxmen inland revenue officials or when mockery devises artificial bipartite abdominal integument as a replacement for trousers. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IV No 2
The performers and devisers of the piece manipulate the glove puppets dressed in kabuki-style black costumes.
Engineers have devised a method for campers to recharge their phones using only the energy from an open fire. Times, Sunday Times
The term was adopted by 19th-century Germanic philologists to identify similar sounds in Indo-European languages, and the symbol was included in the International Phonetic Alphabet when this was devised in the 1880s. On schwa
At the end of the play he praisingly accepts the role of Providence in his life, as having provided a more satisfactory answer to his dilemmas than he could have devised for himself. Shakespeare
The methodology was devised exclusively for the British workplace and has been refined over the past six years to produce this year's lists. Times, Sunday Times
Over time, some weeds and fungi have developed resistance to many agricultural pesticides, creating a need to devise biologically based compounds - or biocides - with new modes of action.
He also devised a handwriting system using both small and capital letters for easier reading. Christianity Today
Item: To lovers I devise their imaginary world, with whatever they may need, as the stars of the sky, the red, red roses by the wall, the snow of the hawthorn, the sweet strains of music, or aught else they may desire to figure to each other the lastingness and beauty of their love. Williston Fish (1858-1939)
People in various civilizations have attempted to devise schemes to look beyond the present. World History: Patterns of Change and Continuity
It was more agreeable, in an hour of self-collectedness, to devise a remedy, which, if it did not cure the disease, helped at least to cicatrize the immediate wounds. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 1844
Every investment product or service ever devised by Wall Street and foisted upon the public demands what I refer to as a "fiduciary response. Forbes.com: News
When more conventional means to control them fails, he devises an elaborate revenge which culminates in his poisoning the dogs.
People need to devise their own ways of controlling and correcting their youth lest they become the cancer of the community.
John Arderne was proudest of the remedies he devised for the battlefield and particularly a salve for arrow wounds that he called sang d' amor - in mediaeval French, the blood of love.
We urge that what is devised should not make excessive demands upon time or resources.
He devised an experiment to ascertain whether salivation could occur in the absence of any obvious physical cause.
And try to devise solutions that help us address more than one thing at the same time. Smithsonian Mag
Could he devise a drama to make such people re-engage with politics? Times, Sunday Times
It took most of the next morning to figure out the glitch and devise a temporary fix.
Then I remembered reading about an experiment to devise an eco-friendly alternative to road salt in Eastern Washington using molasses and cheese, and it hit me: The enviros are purposefully refusing to use the tried-and-true de-icer. effort to protect Puget Sound, we've got no salt, rubber-covered snowblades, and some curious method of shaving down, but not removing, the snow and ice. Crosscut
A great churchman, Hincmar, Archbishop of Rheims, was the deviser of the new arrangement.
If they did nothing else they devised a marriage system to prevent inbreeding that is unparalleled in the universe.
The scheme is devised for young people in the 15 - 20 age band.
In this ambitious project, King presents a superstructure of seven guiding principles, three categories of onomastic desire (how and to whom a name desires to speak), and a large complement of ascriptive terms devised by King herself.
It takes five minutes to absorb the sort of movement Elkins devises: a mix of modern dance, martial arts like aikido and capoeira, hip-hop, and maneuvers from contact improvisation.
In the century that followed, the Dutch established settlements and devised means to live off the land.
Undoubtedly the most modern method devised to preserve human bodies might well be said to belong to the realm of science fiction.
They have devised a spectacular show of cabaret, music, dance and song.
D. Dakin he investigated arginase, the ferment which hydrolyses arginine into urea and ornithine, and later he discovered agmatine in herring roe and devised a method for preparing it. Albrecht Kossel - Biography
Proposals were initially made to revise the Constitution of 1793 but, in the wake of abortive uprisings by the Parisian sans-culottes in the spring of 1795, a fresh document was devised instead.
To some, modern poetry is like a cryptic crossword devised by second world war codebreakers.
He devised a new treatment for «pes varus» and published a well-illustrated work on phosphorus necrosis and another on coxa vara. Theodor Kocher - Biography

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