† precontrivancen.
Obsolete. rare.
The action or process of contriving beforehand; (also) the thing precontrived.
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the mind > will > intention > planning > [noun] > premeditation
aforethoughta1400
forethoughta1400
premeditation?a1475
designment1570
preconsideration1593
predeliberationa1631
fore-plot1641
premeditatedness1659
design1665
precausation1670
contrivance1695
preconfiguration1830
precontrivance1832
designfulness1867
1832 T. Carlyle in Foreign Q. Rev. Aug. 109 So little..can forethought or the cunningest mechanical precontrivance do for a nation!
1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes iii. 174 Shakspeare's Art is not Artifice; the noblest worth of it is not there by plan or precontrivance.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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