01 n. The act or faculty of contriving, inventing, devising, or planning.
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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.
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The thing contrived, invented, or planned; disposition of parts or causes by design; a scheme; plan; artifice; arrangement.“Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants.” — Burke.