devising (verb)

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• devise — [c]/dəˈvaɪz / (say duh vuyz) verb (devised, devising) –verb (t) 1. to order or arrange the plan of; think out; plan; contrive; invent. 2. Law to assign or transmit (property, especially real property) by will. –verb (i) 3. to form a plan;… …  

• get up — verb 1. rise to one s feet (Freq. 15) The audience got up and applauded • Syn: ↑arise, ↑rise, ↑uprise, ↑stand up • Ant: ↑sit down ( …   Useful english dictionary

• organise — verb 1. bring order and organization to (Freq. 1) Can you help me organize my files? • Syn: ↑organize, ↑coordinate • Derivationally related forms: ↑coordinator (for: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• intend — verb I intend to lease a car what does Mark intend to do about the broken gate? Syn: plan, mean, have in mind, have the intention, aim, propose; aspire, hope, expect, be resolved, be determined; want, wish; contemplate, think of, envisage …   Thesaurus of popular words

• Aristotle — /ar euh stot l/, n. 384 322 B.C., Greek philosopher: pupil of Plato; tutor of Alexander the Great. * * * born 384, Stagira died 322 BC, Chalcis Greek philosopher and scientist whose thought determined the course of Western intellectual history… …   Universalium

• linguistics — /ling gwis tiks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the science of language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and historical linguistics. [1850 55; see LINGUISTIC, ICS] * * * Study of the nature and structure of… …   Universalium

• Figure of speech — A figure of speech, sometimes termed a rhetoric, or locution, is a word or phrase that departs from straightforward, literal language. Figures of speech are often used and crafted for emphasis, freshness of expression, or clarity. However,… …   Wikipedia

• heraldry — heraldist, n. /her euhl dree/, n., pl. heraldries. 1. the science of armorial bearings. 2. the art of blazoning armorial bearings, of settling the rights of persons to bear arms or to use certain bearings, of tracing and recording genealogies, of …   Universalium

• work — I. noun Etymology: Middle English werk, work, from Old English werc, weorc; akin to Old High German werc work, Greek ergon, Avestan varəzem activity Date: before 12th century 1. activity in which one exerts strength or faculties to do or perform… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• liberate — [[t]lɪ̱bəreɪt[/t]] ♦♦♦ liberates, liberating, liberated 1) VERB To liberate a place or the people in it means to free them from the political or military control of another country, area, or group of people. [V n] They planned to march on and… …   English dictionary

• Prequel — A prequel is a work that portrays events and/or aspects of a previously completed narrative, but is set prior to the existing narrative. The word is a neologism, formed as a portmanteau from pre , meaning before, and sequel , a work which takes… …   Wikipedia