Definition of "devising" []

• The act of creating a plan or some object, especially a will (noun)
• Present participle of devise. (verb)

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• "I fully concede that you may not go through cost-benefit analysis in devising your preferred list of rights or your preferred set of first principles."
• "Never adept with his hands, Bell had the good fortune to discover and inspire Thomas Watson, a young repair mechanic and model maker, who assisted him enthusiastically in devising an apparatus for transmitting sound by electricity."
• "The EPA is prohibited by law from considering costs in devising regulations under the Clean Air Act and other major environmental statutes."