Definition of contrive

verb (v)

• make or work out a plan for; devise (verb.creation)

  Synonym: design, plan, project
  

  Example:
  They contrived to murder their boss.
  

  source: wordnet30
• come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort (verb.creation)

  Synonym: devise, excogitate, forge, formulate, invent
  

  source: wordnet30
• put or send forth (verb.creation)

  Synonym: cast, project, throw
  

  source: wordnet30
• To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to invent; to design; to plan. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To make devices; to form designs; to plan; to scheme; to plot. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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