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devised | constructed |

As verbs the difference between devised and constructed

is that devised is (devise) while constructed is (construct).

devised

English

Verb

(head)
  • (devise)

    • devise

    English

    (wikipedia devise)

    Verb

    (devis)
  • To use one's intellect to plan or design (something).
    • to devise''' an argument; to '''devise a machine, or a new system of writing
  • * Bancroft
    • devising schemes to realize his ambitious views
  • *
    • Thus, the task of the linguist devising' a grammar which models the linguistic competence of the fluent native speaker is to '''devise a ''finite'' set of rules which are capable of specifying how to form, interpret, and pronounce an ''infinite set of well-formed sentences.
  • To leave (property) in a will.
  • (archaic) To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • I thought, devised , and Pallas heard my prayer.
  • (archaic) To plan or scheme for; to plot to obtain.
  • * Spenser
    • For wisdom is most riches; fools therefore / They are which fortunes do by vows devise .
  • (obsolete) To imagine; to guess.
    • (Spenser)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of leaving real property in a will.
  • Such a will, or a clause in such a will.
  • * Bancroft
    • Fines upon devises were still exacted.
  • The real property left in such a will.

    • See also

    * device * devising

    Anagrams

    * ----

    constructed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (construct)

    • Anagrams

    *

    construct

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something constructed from parts.
    • The artwork was a construct of wire and tubes.
    Loops and conditional statements are constructs in computer programming.
  • A concept or model.
    • Bohr's theoretical construct of the atom was soon superseded by quantum mechanics.

    Synonyms

    * (something constructed from parts ): construction * (concept, model ): concept, idea, model, notion, representation

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To build or form (something) by assembling parts.
    • We constructed the radio from spares.
  • Similarly, to build (a sentence, an argument, etc.) by arranging words or ideas.
    • A sentence may be constructed with a subject, verb and object.
  • * (Marita Sturken)
    • The Vietnam War films are forms of memory that function to provide collective rememberings, to construct history, and to subsume within them the experience of the veterans.
  • (geometry) To draw (a geometric figure) by following precise specifications and using geometric tools and techniques.
    • Construct a circle that touches each vertex of the given triangle.

    Synonyms

    * (build or form by assembling parts' ): assemble, build, form, make, produce, put together * (build (a sentence or argument) ): form * (draw (a geometric figure) ):

    Antonyms

    * (build or form by assembling parts ): destroy, disassemble, dismantle, ruin, wreck, take apart

    Derived terms

    * reconstruct

    Related terms

    * construction * constructible * constructive * construe

    External links

    * * * (Construct) English heteronyms