deviser

Example Sentences

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Athena, Virgin, Queen, Deviser of Wisdom,—whatever be the name thou lovest best,—accept this offering and hear.

From A Victor of Salamis by Davis, William Stearns

A great Honourer of antient Authors, yet a great Deviser and Practiser of new waies in Learning.

From Characters from 17th Century Histories and Chronicles by Various

We can here see at least traces of secondary means by which the Almighty Deviser might establish all the vegetable forms with which the earth is overspread.

From Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation by Chambers, Robert

“Bounteous God, Deviser and dispenser of all gifts To soul through sense,—in art the soul uplifts Man’s best of thanks!”

From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward