单词 | deviser |
释义 | devisern. a. One who devises; a contriver, inventor, framer, forger, plotter, schemer, etc.: cf. the verb. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > invention, devising > [noun] > one who contrives or invents upfinder1430 weaverc1430 engineer?a1513 deviser1523 inventor1555 artificer1569 setter1600 contrivera1652 concoctor1843 the mind > will > intention > planning > [noun] > planner compassera1513 contrivera1522 deviser1523 muser1556 platformer1572 plotter1589 architect1594 projector1596 machinator1611 designer1653 agitant1665 layer1674 concerter1693 schematist1710 planner1716 schemer1724 schemist1753 strategist1821 strategician1841 strategian1860 programmer1875 programmatist1895 the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > [noun] > plotter compassera1513 engineer?a1513 hafter1519 contrivera1522 deviser1523 intrycarc1540 practiser1545 practisant1550 practitioner1560 brewer1563 platformer1572 hatcher1578 politician1586 plotter1594 tamperer1599 plotcaster1602 machinator1611 plot-maker1641 trinketer1651 intriguer1667 plot-monger1683 schemist1724 under-plotter1728 intriguant1781 policizer1809 intriguist1830 schemer1846 planster1945 wheeler-dealer1960 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxxxi. 316 The prince of Wales was a mean bytwene them, and chefe deuysour therof. a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 54 Curyouse descanterys & devysarys of new songys. 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (vii. 16) Devisers of mischeefe perish through their own devises. ?1577 J. Northbrooke Spiritus est Vicarius Christi: Treat. Dicing 87 Who was the firste deuisour of Dyce playing? 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iii. ii. §4. 29 The deuiser of the mischiefe..against Cyrus. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. iii. 11 They are daily mocked into errour by subtler devisors . View more context for this quotation 1672 J. Eachard Mr. Hobbs's State Nature Considered 16 As very a deviser, as if you had found out gun-powder or printing. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. iv. 398 And thou, deviser of all evil wiles! 1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. App. 629 The first deviser of the scheme. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [noun] > one who or that which deviser1487 preparer1532 bespeaker1624 fitter1707 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xx. 72 Devysouris [1489 Adv. Dewisouris] of that fest till be. c1500 Three Kings' Sons (1895) 182 The kynge was the best diuiser that any man coude fynde. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > builder > [noun] > architect or builder surveyora1464 deviser1548 master builder1557 architect1563 architector1563 architectist1650 structurer1755 structurist1854 1548 W. Patten Exped. Scotl. sig. A.iv Syr Rycharde Lee knighte, deuisour of the fortifications to be made. 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xli. 244 What should..maryners, deuisours, architectes..do with latin. 1647 L. Haward Charges Crown Revenue 23 Devisor of the Buildings. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1487 |
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