ContrivanceCONTRIVANCE, noun [See [[Contrive]].]1. The act of inventing, devising or planning.There is no work impossible to these contrivances.2. The thing invented or planned; a scheme; plan; disposition of parts or causes by design.Our bodies are made according to the most orderly contrivance3. Artifice; plot; scheme.He has managed his contrivance well.