instrumenting

Verb

instrument (third-person singular simple present instruments, present participle instrumenting, simple past and past participle instrumented)

1. (transitive) To apply measuring devices.
   • an instrumented test article

   Synonyms:

   measure, supervise

2. (transitive) To devise, conceive, cook up, plan.
   • When the Lit. Mongers deign to notice his work, they dismiss him as a "cult writer," another of their standard ploys. Purdy, not really bitter at the instrumented silence and sneers of the bookchat legions, […]1978 April 15, Mitzel, “An Evening and an Afternoon with James Purdy”, in Gay Community News, page 10
3. To perform upon an instrument; to prepare for an instrument.
   • a sonata instrumented for orchestra

   Synonyms:

   play, arrange

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