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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The contriving faculty, or its exercise.
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It had been a busy week, and I wanted a few days 'quiet and exemption from the thought and contrivancy which any sort of company gives.
Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh
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