What does deviceful mean?
Deviceful means (now rare) Full of devices; inventive..
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/dɪˈvaɪsfəl/ · adjective
(now rare) Full of devices; inventive..
To tell the glorie of the feast that day, / The goodly service, the deviceful sights, / […] Were worke fit for an Heraud, not for me […]
A carpet, rich, and of deviceful thread.
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Deviceful means (now rare) Full of devices; inventive..
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To tell the glorie of the feast that day, / The goodly service, the deviceful sights, / […] Were worke fit for an Heraud, not for me […]
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