The action of devise, v.; contriving, planning, invention, etc.

The original contrivance or production of a new method or means of doing something, of an art, kind of instrument, etc. previously unknown (see invent…

The act of devising or contriving; a device.

The action of framing or making; a machination, a contrivance; creation; construction. Obsolete.

figurative. The action of fabricating or devising, a fabrication. Also gerundial in a-warping (predicatively). Obsolete.

Invention.

= contrivance, n.

The action of inventing or making with thought and skill; invention.

The act of devising; contrivance, invention.