device

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Synonyms: devise, delice, devize, deice, devine, devic, devide, de-ice, de ice, devoice, denice

Antonyms: devise, delice, devize, deice, devine, devic, devide, de-ice, de ice, devoice, denice

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Noun

Any piece of [[equipment]] made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.
{{lb|en|computer hardware}} A [[peripheral device]]; an item of [[hardware]].
A [[project]] or [[scheme]], often designed to deceive; a [[stratagem]]; an [[artifice]]. 1602, Shakespeare, ''The Merry Wives of Windsor. "''This is our device,/ That Falstaff at that oak shall meet with us."
{{lb|en|Ireland}} An [[improvised explosive device]], home-made [[bomb]]
{{lb|en|rhetoric}} A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience; a [[rhetorical]] '''device'''.{{senseid|en|heraldry}}{{lb|en|heraldry}} A [[motto]], [[emblem]], or other mark used to distinguish the bearer from others. A device differs from a [[badge]] or [[cognizance]] primarily as it is a personal distinction, and not a badge borne by members of the same house successively.
{{lb|en|archaic}} Power of [[devising]]; invention; contrivance.
{{lb|en|legal}} An image used in whole or in part as a [[trademark]] or service mark.
{{lb|en|printing}} An image or logo denoting official or proprietary authority or provenience.
{{lb|en|crosswording}} Any specific class of [[wordplay]] element in a [[cryptic crossword]].
{{lb|en|obsolete}} A spectacle or [[show]].
{{lb|en|obsolete}} Opinion; decision.

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