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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'contrivance' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions contrivance noun  a (mechanical) device to perform a certain task a means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective 2005, w:Plato, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. w:Stephanus pagination, 266b. : And along with each of these go their images, not the things themselves, " they too have come about by godlike . something overly artful or artificial Translations:  German: Vorrichtung (1) Etymology: See etymology of "to contrive".        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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