Contrivance(n.) The act or faculty of contriving, inventing, devising, or planning.
Contrivance(n.) The thing contrived, invented, or planned; disposition of parts or causes by design; a scheme; plan; atrifice; arrangement.
Contrive(v. i.) To make devices; to form designs; to plan; to scheme; to plot.
Contrive(v. t.) To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to invent; to design; to plan.
Contrived(imp. & p. p.) of Contrive
Contrivement(n.) Contrivance; invention; arrangement; design; plan.
Contriver(n.) One who contrives, devises, plans, or schemas.
Contriving(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Contrive

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