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Meanings of own devising in English

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Usage of own devising in English
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He will not see him struggling in follies of his own devising.
Blood Meridian
2
The Vogon began to read-a fetid little passage of his own devising.
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide
3
The motive power is supplied by a mechanism of my own devising!
By Proxy
4
He spent these early-morning hours working on small projects of his own devising.
Armageddon's Children
5
The champion wants no kingdom other than the one of his own devising.
The Guardian
6
The Wolflord himself had been away, engaged in tasks of his own devising.
The darkest road
7
Durgin has convicted himself; he has fallen into a trap of his own devising.
The Stillwater Tragedy
8
My doctor gave me a sleeping draught, a strong concoction of his own devising.
The street philosopher
9
Duties that seemed, to those who bore them, merely whims of their own devising.
The Tarn of Eternity
10
She began to sing hoarsely a song of her own devising, in imitation of Dexter.
The Law and the Lady
11
He has a countermeasure plan of his own devising.
Packing for mars: the curious science of life in the void
12
Meanwhile, over at SAM, Norman Heidelbaugh was testing a liquid diet of his own devising.
Packing for mars: the curious science of life in the void
13
And there are plenty of its own devising too.
News.com.au
14
Both had been her own scheming, her own devising.
Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America
15
Did it think out a plan and work out a scheme of its own devising?
A Book of Exposition
16
But they have ruined themselves; and the deities of their own devising have fled from them!
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)
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