contrivement

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Contrivement \Con*trive"ment\, n.
   Contrivance; invention; arrangement; design; plan. [Obs.]
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         Consider the admirable contrivement and artifice of
         this great fabric.                       --Glanvill.
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         Active to meet their contrivements.      --Sir G. Buck.
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