devisement

English

Noun

devisement (plural devisements)

1. Something devised or invented.
   • 2007 November 11, “The Mother of All Rhymes”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Praising nursery rhymes, Vita Sackville-West observed, The direct statement can seldom compare in aesthetic value with the oblique statement — which is probably the ultimate meaning that man sets on that strange devisement he calls art.

2. The act of devising something
   • 1904, James McSherry, History of Maryland, Baltimore, page 374:

     The devisement of schemes for the abolishment of slavery in the rebellious states should be frowned upon.