Meaning contrive
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contrivemake or work out a plan for; devise The wily Roc, never taken much by surprise, contrived to escape, but old Tributor and his men were all captured. — Thornbury, Walter
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contriveearly 14c., from Old French controver (Modern French controuver) "to find out, contrive, imagine," from Late Latin contropare "to compare" (via a figure of speech), from Latin com- [..]
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contriveto plan or scheme.
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contrivev. To manage or carry through by some device or scheme.
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contrive to conspire.
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contrive(v) make or work out a plan for; devise(v) come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort(v) put or send forth
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contriveto conspire; to wear away
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contrive
To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to plan; to scheme; to plot.
* Hawthorne
*: Neither do thou imagine that I shall contrive aught against his life.
* '''1813''', Jane Austen, ''Prid [..]
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