'Contrivement' definitions:

Definition of 'Contrivement'

From: GCIDE
  • Contrivement \Con*trive"ment\, n. Contrivance; invention; arrangement; design; plan. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Consider the admirable contrivement and artifice of this great fabric. --Glanvill. [1913 Webster]
  • Active to meet their contrivements. --Sir G. Buck. [1913 Webster]