contrivance
noun
something contrived; a device, especially a mechanical one.
precontrivance
-
a word derived from
contrivance.
Example Sentences
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Shakespeare's Art is not Artifice; the noblest worth of it is not there by plan or precontrivance.
From English Prose A Series of Related Essays for the Discussion and Practice by Frederick William Roe
Shakespeare’s Art is not Artifice; the noblest worth of it is not there by plan or precontrivance.
From English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century by Edmund David Jones
Shakspeare’s Art is not Artifice; the noblest worth of it is not there by plan or precontrivance.
From Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Thomas Carlyle
Shakspeare's Art is not Artifice; the noblest worth of it is not there by plan or precontrivance.
From On Heroes and Hero Worship and the Heroic in History by Thomas Carlyle
