[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

contrive \contrive"\ ko^ntrimacv", 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.
   1913 webster

         what more likely to contrive this admirable frame of
         the universe than infinite wisdom.       --tillotson.
   1913 webster

         neither do thou imagine that i shall contrive aught
         against his life.                        --hawthorne.

   syn: to invent; discover; plan; design; project; plot;
        concert; hatch.
        1913 webster
see also:
contrived contriving troubadour trover 

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