devisement
noun 2
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1DEVISEMENT + NOUN
schemes
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1
Something devised or invented.
Praising nursery rhymes, Vita Sackville-West observed, The direct statement can seldom compare in aesthetic value with the oblique statement — which is probably the ultimate meaning that man sets on that strange devisement he calls art.
2
The act of devising something
The devisement of schemes for the abolishment of slavery in the rebellious states should be frowned upon.
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Praising nursery rhymes, Vita Sackville-West observed, The direct statement can seldom compare in aesthetic value with the oblique statement — which is probably the ultimate meaning that man sets on t
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The devisement of schemes for the abolishment of slavery in the rebellious states should be frowned upon.
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