Build and Devise

Build

Build verb - To form by putting together parts or materials.

Usage example: he spent hours building a model airplane from a kit

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Devise and build are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Devise" instead a verb "Build".

Nearby Words: built, building, buildup, builder

Devise verb - To create or think of by clever use of the imagination.

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Build and devise are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Build" instead a verb "Devise".

Nearby Words: devised, devising, deviser, devisee, devisor

device	build device	devise device
character	build character	devise character
society	build society	devise society
weapon	build weapon	devise weapon
Other words: version, traps, machines.

It is later clarified that while you can't build a working gadget-only lightsaber, you can build one as a devise, but powering it for any length of time is nearly impossible; one Energizer solves this problem by powering hers with her own energy field.

Source: Laser Blade
He will often devise a weapon capable of annihilating whole armies or destroying mountains, but is naive enough to believe that no one would build or use such a destructive weapon.

Source: It Will Never Catch On

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Devise and Build. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/build/devise

Build & Devise. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/build/devise>.

Devise or Build. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/build/devise.

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