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contrivitions

contrivitions is the plural of contrivition.

Meaning of contrivition

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

Questions about contrivitions

What is contrivitions the plural of?
Contrivitions is the plural of contrivition.

Words near contrivitions in the dictionary

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

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