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Premeditate :: Premeditate (v. t.) To think on, and revolve in the mind, beforehand; to contrive and design previously; as, to premeditate robbery..

Plot :: Plot (v. i.) To contrive a plan or stratagem; to scheme.

Humbug :: Humbug (n.) An imposition under fair pretenses; something contrived in order to deceive and mislead; a trick by cajolery; a hoax.

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..

Cast :: Cast (v. t.) To contrive; to plan.

Hood :: Hood (n.) A chimney top, often contrived to secure a constant draught by turning with the wind..

Plotter :: Plotter (n.) One who plots or schemes; a contriver; a conspirator; a schemer.

Contrivement :: Contrivement (n.) Contrivance; invention; arrangement; design; plan.

Hatch :: Hatch (v. t.) To contrive or plot; to form by meditation, and bring into being; to originate and produce; to concoct; as, to hatch mischief; to hatch heresy..

Intrigue :: Intrigue (v. i.) To form a plot or scheme; to contrive to accomplish a purpose by secret artifice.

Epigram :: Epigram (n.) A short poem treating concisely and pointedly of a single thought or event. The modern epigram is so contrived as to surprise the reader with a witticism or ingenious turn of thought, and is often satirical in character..

Ingeniate :: Ingeniate (v. t. & i.) To invent; to contrive.

Agitate :: Agitate (v. t.) To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to plot; as, politicians agitate desperate designs..

Claptrap :: Claptrap (a.) Contrived for the purpose of making a show, or gaining applause; deceptive; unreal..

Hatcher :: Hatcher (n.) One who contrives or originates; a plotter.

Designer :: Designer (n.) One who designs, marks out, or plans; a contriver..

Brew :: Brew (v. t.) To foment or prepare, as by brewing; to contrive; to plot; to concoct; to hatch; as, to brew mischief..

Invent :: Invent (v. t.) To discover, as by study or inquiry; to find out; to devise; to contrive or produce for the first time; -- applied commonly to the discovery of some serviceable mode, instrument, or machine..

Seek-sorrow :: Seek-sorrow (n.) One who contrives to give himself vexation.

Timbered :: Timbered (a.) Built; formed; contrived.

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