Definition of device

• n. - 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.
• n. - Power of devising; invention; contrivance.
• n. - 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.
• n. - Improperly, an heraldic bearing.
• n. - Anything fancifully conceived.
• n. - A spectacle or show.
• n. - Opinion; decision.