contrivancen.

/kənˈtrʌɪvəns/

Etymology: < contrive v.¹ + -ance suffix; compare Old French controvance.

1. The action of contriving or ingeniously endeavouring the accomplishment of anything; the bringing to pass by planning, scheming, or stratagem; manœuvring, plotting; deceitful practice.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > planning > [noun]

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contriving1751

scheme1790

scheming1813

schemery1822

replanning1853

mapping1856

macroplanning1966

the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > [noun]

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contrivance1647

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intriguing1801

policizing1809

scheming1813

intriguery1815

schemery1822

plottery1823

shenanigan1855

game playing1916

shenaniganning1924

wheeler-dealing1968

wheeling and dealing1969

wheeling-dealing1973

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > contrivance or machination

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1647 T. May Hist. Parl. ii. iv. 70 The preparations..were and yet are, in contrivance and agitation.

1769 E. Burke Observ. Late State Nation 94 The original weakness of human nature is still further enfeebled by art and contrivance.

1790 W. Paley Horæ Paulinæ ii. 11 The effect of contrivance and design.

1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) I. 346 If there should appear to be any fraud or contrivance in a settlement of this kind.

1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India II. viii. i. 185 He escaped being put to death with the rest of his brothers by the contrivance of his mother.

2. The action of inventing or making with thought and skill; invention.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > invention, devising > [noun]

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devisement1541

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contrivage1610

contrivance1699

devisal1856

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > inventive or creative faculty > [noun] > operation of

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creation1604

fiction1605

commentation1652

contrivance1699

conception1771

coining1858

1699 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ II. iii. x. 99 Not easily induc'd to allow the Contrivance of any Art to other Nations.

1699 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ II. iii. ix. 90 Others attribute the first Contrivance of it [sc. the Tyrrhenian Trumpet] to Tyrrhenus.

†3. Ingenious adaptation or application. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > adaptation or adjustment > [noun] > ingenious

contrivance1646

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. xi. 45 So was there no naturall dependance of the event upon the signe, but an artificiall contrivance of the signe unto the event.

1667 H. More Divine Dialogues (1713) i. vi. 13 The Contrivance of the Earth into Hills and Springs..is not all this for the best?

4. Adaptation of means to an end; design, intention.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > planning > [noun] > premeditation

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predeliberationa1631

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precausation1670

contrivance1695

preconfiguration1830

precontrivance1832

designfulness1867

1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 146 Proofs of Contrivance in the Structure of the Globe.

1710 G. Berkeley Treat. Princ. Human Knowl. §63 The works of nature, which discover so much harmony and contrivance in their make.

1785 T. Reid Ess. Intellect. Powers vi. vi The marks of good contrivance which appear in the works of God.

1834 Penny Cycl. II. 199/1 Marks of intelligent contrivance in this particular creation with which we are acquainted.

5. The faculty or ability of contriving; inventive capacity.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > inventive or creative faculty > [noun]

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contrivance1659

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originality1742

creativeness1805

constructiveness1815

construction1826

imagineering1942

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > skill or art > inventive or constructive skill

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devicefulness1894

1659 O. Walker Περιαμμα Ἐπιδήμιον 10 This mocking at Red Hair..calleth into question his Contrivance: For such men are his workmanship.

1734 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. I. 6 That the ancient Egyptians should have had the art and contrivance to dig even in the very quarry a canal.

1867 S. Smiles Huguenots Eng. & Ireland i. 6 Such an extraordinary uniformity was considered entirely beyond the reach of human contrivance.

†6. The way in which a thing has been contrived; the resulting condition, state, or quality. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > contriving or devising

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artifice1526

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contrival1602

mintage1632

contrivance1644

fabrefaction1652

artificery1688

1644 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) I. 121 That which still appears most admirable is, the contrivance of the porticos, vaults, and stairs.

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. Pref. sig. B2 The curious Mechanism and organical Contrivance of those Minute Animals.

1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 38 A Parterre of Embroidery of a very new Contrivance.

1740 G. Smith tr. Laboratory (rev. ed.) App. p. xliv The contrivance of this rocket is very pretty.

1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales I. 46 Rods with joints..each with a pin to slide into the ferule, and plugs of wood of similar contrivance, to fit afterwards into them.

7. An arrangement or thing in which the foregoing action or faculty is embodied; something contrived for, or employed in contriving to effect a purpose.

a. A plan or scheme for attaining some end; an ingenious device or expedient; an artifice, a trick.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > available means or a resource > a device, contrivance, or expedient

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fastie1931

ploy1940

1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) 237 The Sage sayings, the rare Examples, the Noble Enterprises, the handsome Contrivances,..the motives and incitements to Vertue, and the like,..must build us up to the Gallantry and Perfection of Man.

1694 Bp. J. Robinson Acct. Sueden i. 16 Iron..is grown so cheap, that it is found necessary to lessen the number of Forges; neither has that contrivance had the effect intended.

1754 J. Edwards Careful Enq. Freedom of Will ii. xi. 116 The grand Scheme and Contrivance for our Redemption.

1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) II. vii. 136 The world..regarded the interview as a contrivance to reconcile Francis and the emperor.

1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 436 The value which they set upon military stratagems and contrivances.

†b. A conspiracy, plot. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > [noun] > a plot

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scheme1719

infanglement1753

fix-up1832

1689 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) I. 544 They had discovered a contrivance there, on which 3 lords..with others, are seiz'd.

1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 30 As the Contrivance was yet but two Days old..they would be some Days caballing.

1726 W. R. Chetwood Voy. & Adventures Capt. R. Boyle 208 This occasion'd many Plots and Contrivances to regain the flying Fair Ones.

c. A mechanical device or arrangement; sometimes applied contemptuously.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > [noun]

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dial1839

dog1859

society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > [noun]

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ginc1400

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machine1659

mechanism1665

contrivance1667

gimcrack1772

plant1925

power1942

1667 H. Oldenburg in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 432 Letting this contrivance fall into the Current, along the Rocks.

1826 T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds (ed. 6) I. 86 Various contrivances have been made both to kill and frighten them away.

1865 J. Fergusson Hist. Archit. I. Introd. ii. viii. 25 Architectural ornament is of two kinds, constructive and decorative. By the former is meant all those contrivances, such as capitals, brackets, vaulting shafts, and the like, which serve to explain or give expression to the construction.

1870 M. Bridgman Robert Lynne I. vi. 82 Tell Rose..to have an easy lounging-chair in place of that abominable horsehair contrivance.

1879 J. Timbs in Cassell's Techn. Educator iii. 190 The ratchet-wheel and click for winding up the weight..would soon be found an indispensable contrivance.

d. figurative. Applied to natural arrangements, or organs showing special adaptation to the performance of functions.

ΚΠ

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 8 Nature hath also fitted it [the Butterfly's tongue]..with that spiral or cochleary contrivance.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 228 This cyst of liquor [in the cuttle-fish] is certainly a most apt and curious contrivance.

1862 C. Darwin On Var. Contrivances Orchids Fertilised Introd. 1 The contrivances by which Orchids are fertilized.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	contrivance
释义	contrivancen. /kənˈtrʌɪvəns/ Etymology: < contrive v.¹ + -ance suffix; compare Old French controvance. 1. The action of contriving or ingeniously endeavouring the accomplishment of anything; the bringing to pass by planning, scheming, or stratagem; manœuvring, plotting; deceitful practice. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > [noun] compassinga1300 compassmentc1300 ordainingc1350 ordinancec1385 imaginationa1393 conjectmentc1400 before-castinga1425 forecastinga1425 imagininga1449 conjectinga1450 machinationc1550 platforming1560 plotting1593 contrivement1599 agitation1600 contrival1602 contrivage1610 projection1611 projectment1611 contrivance1647 politics1650 digestion1680 planning1730 contriving1751 scheme1790 scheming1813 schemery1822 replanning1853 mapping1856 macroplanning1966 the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > [noun] compassinga1300 contrivingc1330 undermining1433 imagininga1449 engininga1450 practising?1545 machinationc1550 packing1587 plotting1593 contrival1602 managing1607 tamperinga1627 practicking1640 texturea1641 contrivance1647 briguing1657 intrigue1668 intriguing1801 policizing1809 scheming1813 intriguery1815 schemery1822 plottery1823 shenanigan1855 game playing1916 shenaniganning1924 wheeler-dealing1968 wheeling and dealing1969 wheeling-dealing1973 the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > contrivance or machination artc1300 enginec1300 compassc1320 governaila1382 subtletya1393 imaginement1543 machinationc1550 stratagem1561 designing1566 packing1587 Machiavellism1592 design1594 drifting1602 Machiavellianism1607 artifice1618 reach1641 contrivance1647 intrigue1668 designfulnessa1677 engineering1716 manoeuvring1786 scheme1790 intriguery1815 intriguing1841 footwork1902 game playing1916 1647 T. May Hist. Parl. ii. iv. 70 The preparations..were and yet are, in contrivance and agitation. 1769 E. Burke Observ. Late State Nation 94 The original weakness of human nature is still further enfeebled by art and contrivance. 1790 W. Paley Horæ Paulinæ ii. 11 The effect of contrivance and design. 1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) I. 346 If there should appear to be any fraud or contrivance in a settlement of this kind. 1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India II. viii. i. 185 He escaped being put to death with the rest of his brothers by the contrivance of his mother. 2. The action of inventing or making with thought and skill; invention. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > invention, devising > [noun] devisingc1400 invention1531 devisement1541 frame1558 warping1583 polymechany1592 contrivage1610 contrivance1699 devisal1856 the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > inventive or creative faculty > [noun] > operation of conceit1576 creation1604 fiction1605 commentation1652 contrivance1699 conception1771 coining1858 1699 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ II. iii. x. 99 Not easily induc'd to allow the Contrivance of any Art to other Nations. 1699 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ II. iii. ix. 90 Others attribute the first Contrivance of it [sc. the Tyrrhenian Trumpet] to Tyrrhenus. †3. Ingenious adaptation or application. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > adaptation or adjustment > [noun] > ingenious contrivance1646 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. xi. 45 So was there no naturall dependance of the event upon the signe, but an artificiall contrivance of the signe unto the event. View more context for this quotation 1667 H. More Divine Dialogues (1713) i. vi. 13 The Contrivance of the Earth into Hills and Springs..is not all this for the best? 4. Adaptation of means to an end; design, intention. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > [noun] > premeditation aforethoughta1400 forethoughta1400 premeditation?a1475 designment1570 preconsideration1593 predeliberationa1631 fore-plot1641 premeditatedness1659 design1665 precausation1670 contrivance1695 preconfiguration1830 precontrivance1832 designfulness1867 1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 146 Proofs of Contrivance in the Structure of the Globe. 1710 G. Berkeley Treat. Princ. Human Knowl. §63 The works of nature, which discover so much harmony and contrivance in their make. 1785 T. Reid Ess. Intellect. Powers vi. vi The marks of good contrivance which appear in the works of God. 1834 Penny Cycl. II. 199/1 Marks of intelligent contrivance in this particular creation with which we are acquainted. 5. The faculty or ability of contriving; inventive capacity. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > inventive or creative faculty > [noun] invention?a1505 imagination1509 wit-craft1573 inventa1605 contrivance1659 creativity1659 inventibility1662 inventiveness1668 originality1742 creativeness1805 constructiveness1815 construction1826 imagineering1942 the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > skill or art > inventive or constructive skill ginc1175 compassc1320 witc1325 enginec1330 devicec1400 engininga1450 artifice1540 imaginea1550 ingeniousness1555 ingeniosity1607 ingenuousness1628 ingenuity1649 contrivance1659 artfulness1670 contrivancy1877 devicefulness1894 1659 O. Walker Περιαμμα Ἐπιδήμιον 10 This mocking at Red Hair..calleth into question his Contrivance: For such men are his workmanship. 1734 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. I. 6 That the ancient Egyptians should have had the art and contrivance to dig even in the very quarry a canal. 1867 S. Smiles Huguenots Eng. & Ireland i. 6 Such an extraordinary uniformity was considered entirely beyond the reach of human contrivance. †6. The way in which a thing has been contrived; the resulting condition, state, or quality. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > contriving or devising crafta1398 artifice1526 contriving1583 hammering1589 contrivement1599 contrival1602 mintage1632 contrivance1644 fabrefaction1652 artificery1688 1644 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) I. 121 That which still appears most admirable is, the contrivance of the porticos, vaults, and stairs. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. Pref. sig. B2 The curious Mechanism and organical Contrivance of those Minute Animals. 1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 38 A Parterre of Embroidery of a very new Contrivance. 1740 G. Smith tr. Laboratory (rev. ed.) App. p. xliv The contrivance of this rocket is very pretty. 1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales I. 46 Rods with joints..each with a pin to slide into the ferule, and plugs of wood of similar contrivance, to fit afterwards into them. 7. An arrangement or thing in which the foregoing action or faculty is embodied; something contrived for, or employed in contriving to effect a purpose. a. A plan or scheme for attaining some end; an ingenious device or expedient; an artifice, a trick. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > available means or a resource > a device, contrivance, or expedient costOE craftOE custc1275 ginc1275 devicec1290 enginec1300 quaintisec1300 contrevurec1330 castc1340 knackc1369 findinga1382 wilea1400 conject14.. skiftc1400 policy?1406 subtilityc1410 policec1450 conjecturea1464 industry1477 invention1516 cunning1526 shift1530 compass1540 chevisance1548 trade1550 tour1558 fashion1562 invent?1567 expediment1571 trick1573 ingeny1588 machine1595 lock1598 contrival1602 contrivement1611 artifice1620 recipea1643 ingenuity1651 expedient1653 contrivance1661 excogitation1664 mechanism1669 expediency1683 stroke1699 spell1728 management1736 manoeuvre1769 move1794 wrinkle1817 dodge1842 jigamaree1847 quiff1881 kink1889 lurk1916 gadget1920 fastie1931 ploy1940 1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) 237 The Sage sayings, the rare Examples, the Noble Enterprises, the handsome Contrivances,..the motives and incitements to Vertue, and the like,..must build us up to the Gallantry and Perfection of Man. 1694 Bp. J. Robinson Acct. Sueden i. 16 Iron..is grown so cheap, that it is found necessary to lessen the number of Forges; neither has that contrivance had the effect intended. 1754 J. Edwards Careful Enq. Freedom of Will ii. xi. 116 The grand Scheme and Contrivance for our Redemption. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) II. vii. 136 The world..regarded the interview as a contrivance to reconcile Francis and the emperor. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 436 The value which they set upon military stratagems and contrivances. †b. A conspiracy, plot. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > [noun] > a plot devicec1290 wanlace1303 conjecturea1464 machinationa1475 practice1533 draught1535 plot?c1550 plat1584 design1590 contrivement1608 intrigo1648 complotment1660 underplot1668 contrivance1689 intrigue1692 scheme1719 infanglement1753 fix-up1832 1689 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) I. 544 They had discovered a contrivance there, on which 3 lords..with others, are seiz'd. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 30 As the Contrivance was yet but two Days old..they would be some Days caballing. 1726 W. R. Chetwood Voy. & Adventures Capt. R. Boyle 208 This occasion'd many Plots and Contrivances to regain the flying Fair Ones. c. A mechanical device or arrangement; sometimes applied contemptuously. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > [noun] toolc888 loomc900 ginc1300 instrumentc1392 machinamentc1425 work-loomc1425 oustil1477 mistera1525 appliance1565 device1570 utensil1604 conveniency1660 contrivance1667 ruler1692 machine1707 implements1767 dial1839 dog1859 society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > [noun] trama1400 ginc1400 pageant1519 engine1581 machination1605 machina1612 machine1659 mechanism1665 contrivance1667 gimcrack1772 plant1925 power1942 1667 H. Oldenburg in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 432 Letting this contrivance fall into the Current, along the Rocks. 1826 T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds (ed. 6) I. 86 Various contrivances have been made both to kill and frighten them away. 1865 J. Fergusson Hist. Archit. I. Introd. ii. viii. 25 Architectural ornament is of two kinds, constructive and decorative. By the former is meant all those contrivances, such as capitals, brackets, vaulting shafts, and the like, which serve to explain or give expression to the construction. 1870 M. Bridgman Robert Lynne I. vi. 82 Tell Rose..to have an easy lounging-chair in place of that abominable horsehair contrivance. 1879 J. Timbs in Cassell's Techn. Educator iii. 190 The ratchet-wheel and click for winding up the weight..would soon be found an indispensable contrivance. d. figurative. Applied to natural arrangements, or organs showing special adaptation to the performance of functions. ΚΠ 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 8 Nature hath also fitted it [the Butterfly's tongue]..with that spiral or cochleary contrivance. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 228 This cyst of liquor [in the cuttle-fish] is certainly a most apt and curious contrivance. 1862 C. Darwin On Var. Contrivances Orchids Fertilised Introd. 1 The contrivances by which Orchids are fertilized. 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