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contrivition

contrivition noun: contrivance.

Noun

contrivition (plural contrivitions)

  1. (obsolete) contrivance
    • 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 […]1600, author unknown, A contract for building the Fortune Theatre at the cost of £440, quoted in Wilson

Forms of contrivition

pluralcontrivitions

Questions about contrivition

What does contrivition mean?
Contrivition means contrivance.
What part of speech is contrivition?
Contrivition is a noun.
What is the plural of contrivition?
The plural of contrivition is contrivitions.

Words near contrivition in the dictionary

  1. contrives
  2. contrivest
  3. contriveth
  4. contriving
  5. contrivings
  6. contrivition
  7. contrivitions
  8. contro-
  9. control
  10. control arm
  11. control arms

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