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device definition

de·vice (di vīs′)

noun

  1. a thing devised; plan; scheme, esp. a sly or underhanded scheme; trick
  2. an invention or contrivance, esp. a mechanical one, for some specific purpose
  3. something used to gain an artistic effect rhetorical devices
  4. an ornamental figure or design
  5. a design, often with a motto, on a coat of arms; heraldic emblem
  6. any motto or emblem
  7. Archaic the act or power of devising

Etymology: ME & OFr devis, division, will < OFr deviser: see devise

device Idioms

leave to one's own devices

to allow to do as one wishes

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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