contrivement

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noun

contrivance; invented statement; arrangement or plan

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Meanings

nouncontrivement (countable and uncountable, plural contrivements)

plural contrivements

  1. countableobsoleteuncountablecontrivance; invented statement; arrangement or plan

    active to meet their contrivements

    1619, George Buck, The History of King Richard the Third
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    the admirable contrivement and artifice of this great Fabrick of the Universe

    1662, Joseph Glanvill, Lux Orientalis

Origin

From contrive + -ment.

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contrivement. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contrivement

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “contrivement,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contrivement.

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