contrive
[ kuhn-trahyv ]
/ kənˈtraɪv /
verb (used with object), con·trived, con·triv·ing.
to plan with ingenuity; devise; invent: The author contrived a clever plot.
to bring about or effect by a plan, scheme, or the like; manage: He contrived to gain their votes.
to plot (evil, treachery, etc.).
verb (used without object), con·trived, con·triv·ing.
to form designs; plan.
to plot.
Origin of contrive
SYNONYMS FOR contrive
OTHER WORDS FROM contrive
con·triv·a·ble, adjective con·triv·er, noun pre·con·trive, verb, pre·con·trived, pre·con·triv·ing. un·con·triv·ing, adjectiveWords nearby contrive
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British Dictionary definitions for contrive
contrive
/ (kənˈtraɪv) /
verb
(tr)
to manage (something or to do something), esp by means of a trick; engineer
he contrived to make them meet
(tr)
to think up or adapt ingeniously or elaborately
he contrived a new mast for the boat
to plot or scheme (treachery, evil, etc)
Derived forms of contrive
contrivable, adjective contriver, nounWord Origin for contrive
C14: from Old French
controver, from Late Latin
contropāre to represent by figures of speech, compare, from Latin
com- together +
tropus figure of speech,
trope