Definitions
1.nounA device used to produce music."The violinist was a master of her instrument."
2.nounA means or agency for achieving an effect.
3.nounA measuring or displaying device."The instrument detected an increase in radioactivity."
4.nounA tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement."The dentist set down his tray of instruments."
5.nounA legal document, such as a contract, deed, trust, mortgage, power, indenture, or will."A bond indenture is the instrument that gives a bond its value."
6.nounA person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal.
7.verbTo apply measuring devices.
8.verbTo devise, conceive, cook up, plan.
9.verbTo perform upon an instrument; to prepare for an instrument."a sonata instrumented for orchestra"