Definition of contrive

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Contrive (v. t.) To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to invent; to design; to plan.

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Plan :: Plan (v. t.) To scheme; to devise; to contrive; to form in design; as, to plan the conquest of a country..
Sackbut :: Sackbut (n.) A brass wind instrument, like a bass trumpet, so contrived that it can be lengthened or shortened according to the tone required; -- said to be the same as the trombone..
Consult :: Consult (v. t.) To bring about by counsel or contrivance; to devise; to contrive.
Staniel :: Stanhope (n.) A light two-wheeled, or sometimes four-wheeled, carriage, without a top; -- so called from Lord Stanhope, for whom it was contrived..
Plot :: Plot (v. i.) To contrive a plan or stratagem; to scheme.
Enginous :: Enginous (a.) Contrived with care; ingenious.
Forethink :: Forethink (v. i.) To contrive beforehand.
Postliminiar :: Postliminiar (a.) Contrived, done, or existing subsequently..
Contrivement :: Contrivement (n.) Contrivance; invention; arrangement; design; plan.
Forethink :: Forethink (v. t.) To contrive (something) beforehend.
Contrive :: Contrive (v. i.) To make devices; to form designs; to plan; to scheme; to plot.
Puzzle :: Puzzle (v.) Something which perplexes or embarrasses; especially, a toy or a problem contrived for testing ingenuity; also, something exhibiting marvelous skill in making..
Enginer :: Enginer (n.) A contriver; an inventor; a contriver of engines.
Artificer :: Artificer (n.) One who makes or contrives; a deviser, inventor, or framer..
Machinate :: Machinate (v. i.) To plan; to contrive; esp., to form a scheme with the purpose of doing harm; to contrive artfully; to plot..
Frame :: Frame (v. t.) To originate; to plan; to devise; to contrive; to compose; in a bad sense, to invent or fabricate, as something false..
Contriver :: Contriver (n.) One who contrives, devises, plans, or schemas..
Timbered :: Timbered (a.) Built; formed; contrived.
Devise :: Devise (v. i.) To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider.
Getterup :: Getterup (n.) One who contrives, makes, or arranges for, anything, as a book, a machine, etc..
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