devisedst

second-person singular simple past indicative of devise

Verb

  1. second-person singular simple past indicative of devise
    • I ſay guns were found out for the quick diſpatch of mortality, and when thou ſaweſt men grow wiſe, and beget ſo fair a child as peace, of ſo foul and deformed a mother as war, leſt there ſhould be no murder, thou...
    • The means thou deviſedſt to effect this were worthy thyſelf. - 1787, [Nicholson], “Letter IX. Osman, Commander of the Faithful, to Hamet, Grand Vizier.”, in Orlando and Seraphina: A Turkish Story, volume I, London: […]...
    • But glory to God in the highest, thanks, eternal thanks to thy holy name, that thou in thy infinite goodness and wisdom devisedst a scheme and contrivedst a plan infinitely glorious and surpassing the imagination, the...