contrive

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/kənˈtɹaɪv/

Definition of contrive

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

To invent by an exercise of ingeniosity; to devise

“[…]I cannot bear the idea of two young women traveling post by themselves. It is highly improper. You must contrive to send somebody.”
“Neither do thou imagine that I shall contrive aught against his life.”
“With a little manœuvring they contrived to meet on the doorstep which was […] in a boiling stream of passers-by, hurrying business people speeding past in a flurry of fumes and dust in the bright haze.”

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verb

To invent by an exercise of ingeniosity; to devise

“[…]I cannot bear the idea of two young women traveling post by themselves. It is highly improper. You must contrive to send somebody.”
“Neither do thou imagine that I shall contrive aught against his life.”
“With a little manœuvring they contrived to meet on the doorstep which was […] in a boiling stream of passers-by, hurrying business people speeding past in a flurry of fumes and dust in the bright haze.”
To invent, to make devices; to form designs especially by improvisation.
To project, cast, or set forth, as in a projection of light.
(obsolete, transitive)To spend (time, or a period).

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From Middle English contreve (“to invent”), from Old French controver (Modern French controuver), from trover (“to find”) (French trouver).

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