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Definition of Contrivers
1. contriver [n] - See also: contriver
Lexicographical Neighbors of Contrivers
Literary usage of Contrivers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1822)
"... amongst the witnesses, the contrivers of the plot ; amongst those who appeared
before their lordships to give utterance to the abominations of their own ..."
2. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1807)
"... of government are; and when the contrivers of them have provided, as they think,
... contrivers ..."
3. The History of the Rise, Increase, and Progress of the Christian People by William Sewel (1844)
"And likewise I do deny all plots, and contrivances, and plotters and contrivers
against the king and his subjects ; knowing them to be works of darkness, ..."
4. The Church History of Britain: From the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, John Sherren Brewer (1845)
"... and are fitter to be the consenters to than AD 1640. lhe contrivers of business,
it was thought fit to con • '• . ..."
5. Memoirs of Napoleon, His Court and Family by Laure Junot Abrantès (1854)
"... opinion of thf contrivers of the infernal machine—The Republicans and the
Enrage*— Remarkable scene at Malmaison—Animated discussion between Bonaparte ..."
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