From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Contrive \Con*trive"\ (k[o^]n*tr[imac]v"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Contrived}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Contriving}.] [OE. contriven,
contreven, controven, to invent, OF. controver, contruver;
con- + trouver to find. See {Troubadour}, {trover}.]
To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to invent; to
design; to plan.
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What more likely to contrive this admirable frame of
the universe than infinite wisdom. --Tillotson.
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neither do thou imagine that I shall contrive aught
against his life. --Hawthorne.
Syn: To invent; discover; plan; design; project; plot;
concert; hatch.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Contrive \Con*trive"\, v. i.
To make devices; to form designs; to plan; to scheme; to
plot.
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The Fates with traitors do contrive. --Shak.
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Thou hast contrived against th very life
Of the defendant. --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
contrive
v 1: make or work out a plan for; devise; "They contrived to
murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an
attack" [syn: {plan}, {project}, {contrive}, {design}]
2: come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or
principle) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to
measure the speed of light" [syn: {invent}, {contrive},
{devise}, {excogitate}, {formulate}, {forge}]
3: put or send forth; "She threw the flashlight beam into the
corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a
spell"; "cast a warm light" [syn: {project}, {cast},
{contrive}, {throw}]
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