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deviser|dɪˈvaɪzə(r)|
Also 4 Sc. dewisowr, 4–6 deuysour, 4–7 diviser, 6 deuisour, deuysar, -er, 6–7 (9) devisor.
[ME. devysour, a. AF. devisour = OF. deviseor, -eur, f. deviser to devise. In mod.Eng. (exc. in a special sense: see devisor) the suffix is changed into the common agent-ending -er.]
One who devises; a contriver, inventor, framer, forger, plotter, schemer, etc.: cf. the verb.
1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I ccxxxi. 316 The prince of Wales was a mean bytwene them, and chefe deuysour therof. 1538Starkey England ii. iii. 80 Curyouse descanterys and deuysarys of new songys. 1571Golding Calvin on Ps. vii. 16 Devisers of mischeefe perish through their own devises. 1577J. Northbrooke Dicing (1843) 116 Who was the firste deuisour of dyce playing? 1614Raleigh Hist. World iii. 24 The deviser of the mischiefe against Cyrus. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. i. iii. 11 They are daily mocked into errour by subtler devisors. 1672Eachard Hobbes's State Nat. (1705) 11 As very a deviser, as if you had found out gun-powder or printing. 1791Cowper Iliad iv. 398 And thou, deviser of all evil wiles! 1867Freeman Norm. Conq. (1876) I. App. 629 The first deviser of the scheme.
†b. One who makes ready, plans, or arranges (a feast, etc.): cf. devise v. 9. Obs.
1375Barbour Bruce xx. 72 Devysouris of that fest till be. c1500Three Kings Sons 182 The kynge was the best diuiser that any man coude fynde.
†c. One who prepares the plans of a building, etc.; an architect. Obs.
1548Patten Exped. Scotl. in Arb. Garner III. 76 Sir Richard Lee Knight, Devisor of the fortifications to be made. 1581Mulcaster Positions xli. (1887) 242 What should..maryners, deuisours, architectes..do with latin. 1647Haward Crown Rev. 23 Devisor of the Buildings. |