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21contrive a result — index frame (prearrange), predetermine Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
22contrive to gain — index pursue (strive to gain) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
23contrive — contrivable, adj. contriver, n. /keuhn truyv /, v., contrived, contriving. v.t. 1. to plan with ingenuity; devise; invent: The author contrived a clever plot. 2. to bring about or effect by a plan, scheme, or the like; manage: He contrived to… …
24contrive — Synonyms and related words: angle, arrange, be so, be such, beget, breed, bring, bring forth, bring into being, bring on, calculate, call forth, call into being, cast, clear, clear the hurdle, cogitate, coin, collogue, collude, come along, come… …
25contrive — v. (E) she somehow contrived to arrange a meeting * * * [kən traɪv] (E) she somehow contrived to arrange a meeting …
26contrive — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To invent] Syn. make, improvise, devise, think up; see create 2 , invent 1 , plan 1 . 2. [To succeed with difficulty] Syn. manage, pass, compass, negotiate, afford, engineer, manipulate, shift, make shift, get by, arrange,… …
27contrive — con·trive || kÉ™n traɪv v. devise, invent, concoct; succeed through stratagem; manage to do something …
28contrive — [kən trʌɪv] verb 1》 devise or plan using skill and artifice. 2》 manage to do something foolish. Derivatives contrivable adjective contriver noun Origin ME: from OFr. contreuve , stressed stem of controver imagine, invent , from med. L. contropare …
29contrive — I. v. a. Devise, plan, design, invent, project, hatch, brew, form, frame, concoct, fall upon, hit upon, strike out, chalk out. II. v. n. 1. Scheme, plot, plan, consider, set one s wits to work, rack one s brains, cudget one s brains, strain one s …
30contrive — verb his opponents contrived a cabinet crisis Syn: bring about, engineer, manufacture, orchestrate, stage manage, create, devise, concoct, construct, plan, fabricate, plot, hatch; informal wangle, set up …
