new devisedadj.
/ˌnjuːdᵻˈvʌɪzd/, U.S. /ˌn(j)udəˈvaɪzd/ Now rare.
Newly or lately contrived or invented.
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the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > newness or novelty > [adjective] > newly brought into existence
neweOE
new-broached1547
new devised1548
new-invented1548
new-coined1593
new-minted1598
new-set-up1608
new-raised1614
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. xv Ye fassis of their head set ful of new deuised facions.
1579 E. Hake Newes out of Powles Churchyarde newly Renued sig. Aviij No daye doth passe without some new deuised crime.
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost i. ii. 61 I would..ransome him to anie French Courtier for a new deuisde cursie.
1637 C. Dow Answer to H. Burton 159 Any new-devised formes of praier.
a1672 A. Bradstreet Four Monarchyes ii, in Wks. (1962) 105 Seven dayes and nights, his host without least stay Was marching o're this new devised way.
1795 W. Seward Anecd. I. 147 He was..carried away with an affection of their new-devised discipline.
1838 H. W. Herbert Cromwell I. i. iv. 63 Lift his voice to justify and to defend time-honoured wrong and new-devised oppression.
1863 H. W. Beecher Freedom & War v. 114 They had just given forth to the world a Declaration of Facts and Faiths..on which they now planted this new-devised flag of our Union.
1998 Western Gaz. (Electronic ed.) 20 Aug. With new devised songs, and the chance to characterise not only townsfolk but rats, the cast had a wonderful time.
2001 Stage 30 Aug. 2 The double-bill sets Andrea Dunbar's 1980 classic alongside a new devised piece.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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