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contrivition

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

contrivance

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

Examples

  • 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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