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Definition of contrive
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Contrive
(v. i.) To make
devices;
to form
designs;
to plan; to
scheme;
to plot.
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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..
Cipher
::
Cipher
(n.) A
private
alphabet,
system
of
characters,
or other mode of
writing,
contrived
for the safe
transmission
of
secrets;
also, a
writing
in such
characters..
Manage
::
Manage
(n.) To bring
about;
to
contrive.
Artificial
::
Artificial
(a.) Made or
contrived
by art;
produced
or
modified
by human skill and
labor,
in
opposition
to
natural;
as,
artificial
heat or
light,
gems,
salts,
minerals,
fountains,
flowers..
Precontrive
::
Precontrive
(v. t. & i.) To
contrive
or plan
beforehand.
Catchpenny
::
Catchpenny
(a.) Made or
contrived
for
getting
small sums of money from the
ignorant
or
unwary;
as, a
catchpenny
book; a
catchpenny
show..
Pack
::
Pack (n.) To
contrive
unfairly
or
fraudulently;
to plot.
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..
Ingeniate
::
Ingeniate
(v. t. & i.) To
invent;
to
contrive.
Thermoscope
::
Thermoscope
(n.) An
instrument
for
indicating
changes
of
temperature
without
indicating
the
degree
of heat by which it is
affected;
especially,
an
instrument
contrived
by Count
Rumford
which,
as
modified
by
Professor
Leslie,
was
afterward
called
the
differential
thermometer..
Seek-sorrow
::
Seek-sorrow
(n.) One who
contrives
to give
himself
vexation.
Contrivance
::
Contrivance
(n.) The thing
contrived,
invented,
or
planned;
disposition
of parts or
causes
by
design;
a
scheme;
plan;
atrifice;
arrangement..
Ingenious
::
Ingenious
(a.)
Possessed
of
genius,
or the
faculty
of
invention;
skillful
or promp to
invent;
having
an
aptitude
to
contrive,
or to form new
combinations;
as, an
ingenious
author,
mechanic..
Contrivble
::
Contrivble
(a.)
Capable
of being
contrived,
planned,
invented,
or
devised..
Prepense
::
Prepense
(v. t.)
Devised,
contrived,
or
planned
beforehand;
preconceived;
premeditated;
aforethought;
--
usually
placed
after the word it
qualifies;
as,
malice
prepense..
Resonator
::
Resonator
(n.)
Anything
which
resounds;
specifically,
a
vessel
in the form of a
cylinder
open at one end, or a
hollow
ball of brass with two
apertures,
so
contrived
as to
greatly
intensify
a
musical
tone by its
resonance.
It is used for the study and
analysis
of
complex
sounds..
Plan
::
Plan (v. t.) To
scheme;
to
devise;
to
contrive;
to form in
design;
as, to plan the
conquest
of a
country..
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..
Imagine
::
Imagine
(v. t.) To
contrive
in
purpose;
to
scheme;
to
devise;
to
compass;
to
purpose.
See
Compass,
v. t., 5..
Forecast
::
Forecast
(v. i.) To
contrive
or plan
beforehand.
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