contrive
31contrive — v 1. devise, invent, imagine, originate, create, excogitate; design, plan, work out, think up, hit upon, dream up, spin; concoct, make up, fabricate, improvise; construct, work up. 2. plot, conspire, scheme, intrigue, complot; brew, hatch, trump… …
32contrive — con·trive …
33contrive — verb 1) they contrived a plan Syn: create, engineer, manufacture, devise, concoct, construct, fabricate, hatch 2) Lomax contrived to bump into him Syn: manage, find a way, engineer …
34contrive — [kənˈtraɪv] verb [T] formal 1) to succeed in doing something difficult by using clever or dishonest methods 2) to invent or make something in a clever or unusual way …
35contrive — [c]/kənˈtraɪv / (say kuhn truyv) verb (contrived, contriving) –verb (t) 1. to plan with ingenuity; devise; invent. 2. to plot (evil, etc.). 3. to bring about or effect by a device, stratagem, plan, or scheme; manage (to do something). –verb (i) 4 …
36contrive — To devise; to plan; to plot; to scheme. Ernst and Ernst v. Hochfelder, 425 U.S. 185, 199, 96 S.Ct. 1375, 1384, 47 L.Ed.2d 668 …
37contrive — To devise; to plan; to plot; to scheme. Ernst and Ernst v. Hochfelder, 425 U.S. 185, 199, 96 S.Ct. 1375, 1384, 47 L.Ed.2d 668 …
38contrive — v.tr. 1 devise; plan or make resourcefully or with skill. 2 (often foll. by to + infin.) manage (contrived to make matters worse). Derivatives: contrivable adj. contriver n. Etymology: ME f. OF controver find, imagine f. med.L contropare compare …
39to contrive — sierwan …
40Contrived — 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… …
