Contrivance: alternatives and connections

The act of arranging or putting in an orderly condition; the state of being arranged or put in order; disposition in suitable form.

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The act of conceiving in the womb; the initiation of an embryonic animal life.

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To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace out; to draw.

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That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.

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The act of excogitating; a devising in the thoughts; invention; contrivance.

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The act of innovating; introduction of something new, in customs, rites, etc.

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The act of finding out or inventing; contrivance or construction of that which has not before existed; as, the invention of logarithms; the invention…

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The act of organizing; the act of arranging in a systematic way for use or action; as, the organization of an army, or of a deliberative body.

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A combination of things connected and adjusted by design; a system.

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The science of military command, or the science of projecting campaigns and directing great military movements; generalship.

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An assemblage of objects arranged in regular subordination, or after some distinct method, usually logical or scientific; a complete whole of objects…

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Alt. of Gimbals

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One who, or that which, injects.

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A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, esp. upon an old garment to cover a…

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A vegetable; an organized living being, generally without feeling and voluntary motion, and having, when complete, a root, stem, and leaves, though c…

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To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to invent; to design; to plan.

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To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to invent; to design; to plan.

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The act of applying; application; [Obs.] subservience.

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Alt. of Conveniency

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A devising.

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To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start.

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An artifice or trick in war for deceiving the enemy; hence, in general, artifice; deceptive device; secret plot; evil machination.

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