Definition of Contrivances. Meaning of Contrivances. Synonyms of Contrivances
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Definition of Contrivances
Contrivance Contrivance Con*triv"ance, n.
1. The act or faculty of contriving, inventing, devising, or
planning.
The machine which we are inspecting demonstrates, by
its construction, contrivance and design.
Contrivance must have had a contriver. --Paley.
2. The thing contrived, invented, or planned; disposition of
parts or causes by design; a scheme; plan; atrifice;
arrangement.
Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to
provide for human wants. --Burke.
Syn: Device; plan; scheme; invention; machine; project;
design; artifice; shift. See Device.
