Contrivement

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    contrivance; invented statement; arrangement or plan countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "the admirable contrivement and artifice of this great Fabrick of the Universe"

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"the admirable contrivement and artifice of this great Fabrick of the Universe"

Etymology

From contrive + -ment.

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