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March 3. 2013 from wordnet.princeton.edu
a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
February 27. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu
the faculty of contriving; inventive skill; "his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem"
February 27. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu
an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track"
February 27. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu
an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.; "the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable"
February 27. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu
any improvised arrangement for temporary use
February 27. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu
the act of devising something
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