contrivition

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noun

contrivance

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Meanings

nouncontrivition (plural contrivitions)

plural contrivitions

  1. obsoletecontrivance
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    1600, author unknown, A contract for building the Fortune Theatre at the cost of £440, quoted in Wilson And the said house, and other things before-mentioned, to be made and done, to be in all other contrivitions, conveyances, fashions, thing and things effected, finished and done, according to the manner and fashion of the said house called the Globe […]

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APA

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

MLA

“contrivition.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contrivition. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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

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