Device /(?)/
De·vice
Device
n.
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That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.
His device in against Babylon, to destroy it.
Their recent device of demanding benevolences.
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty.
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Power of devising; invention; contrivance.
I must have instruments of my own device.
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An emblematic design, generally consisting of one or more figures with a motto, used apart from heraldic bearings to denote the historical situation, the ambition, or the desire of the person adopting it. See Cognizance.
Knights-errant used to distinguish themselves by devices on their shields.
A banner with this strange device - Excelsior.
- Anything fancifully conceived.
- A spectacle or show. [Obs.]
- Opinion; decision. [Obs.]
- any artifactual object designed to perform an action or process, with or without an operator in attendance.