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- noun Plural form of
contrivement .
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In order that his subjects might appreciate the skill and vigilance, by which the 'contrivements' of the 'cruel and bloody enemy had been thwarted, Cromwell commenced the account of his execution of his duty as
The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 Various
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This Miantonimo was a very good personage, of tall stature, subtil and cunning in his contrivements, as well as haughty in his designs.
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