'Contrive' definitions:
Definition of 'contrive'
From: WordNet
verb
Make or work out a plan for; devise; "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack" [syn: plan, project, contrive, design]
verb
Come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light" [syn: invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, forge]
verb
Definition of 'Contrive'
From: GCIDE
- Contrive \Con*trive"\ (k[o^]n*tr[imac]v"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Contrived; p. pr. & vb. n. Contriving.] [OE. contriven, contreven, controven, to invent, OF. controver, contruver; con- + trouver to find. See Troubadour, trover.] To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to invent; to design; to plan. [1913 Webster]
- What more likely to contrive this admirable frame of the universe than infinite wisdom. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster]
- neither do thou imagine that I shall contrive aught against his life. --Hawthorne.
- Syn: To invent; discover; plan; design; project; plot; concert; hatch. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Contrive'
From: GCIDE
- Contrive \Con*trive"\, v. i. To make devices; to form designs; to plan; to scheme; to plot. [1913 Webster]
- The Fates with traitors do contrive. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Thou hast contrived against th very life Of the defendant. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'contrive'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- angle,
- arrange,
- be so,
- be such,
- beget,
- breed,
- bring,
- bring forth,
- bring into being,
- bring on,
- calculate,
- call forth,
- call into being,
- cast,
- clear,
- clear the hurdle,
- cogitate,
- coin,
- collogue,
- collude,
- come along,
- come on,
- come out,
- come through,
- conceive,
- concert,
- concoct,
- connive,
- conspire,
- cook up,
- cut out,
- cut the mustard,
- design,
- develop,
- devise,
- discover,
- draw down,
- draw on,
- dream up,
- effect,
- elaborate,
- elicit,
- engender,
- engineer,
- evoke,
- evolve,
- fabricate,
- fare,
- fashion,
- figure,
- finagle,
- forecast,
- formulate,
- frame,
- generate,
- gerrymander,
- get,
- get along,
- get by,
- get on,
- give being to,
- give rise to,
- go along,
- go on,
- hack it,
- handle,
- hatch,
- hatch up,
- improvise,
- induce,
- inspire,
- instigate,
- intend,
- intrigue,
- invent,
- jockey,
- lay plans,
- lead,
- machinate,
- make,
- make a projection,
- make arrangements,
- make do with,
- make it,
- make out,
- make the grade,
- make up,
- manage,
- manage somehow,
- maneuver,
- manipulate,
- manufacture,
- mature,
- methodize,
- mint,
- motivate,
- move,
- muddle through,
- negotiate,
- obtain,
- organize,
- originate,
- play games,
- plot,
- prearrange,
- procreate,
- procure,
- program,
- project,
- provoke,
- pull strings,
- put over,
- put through,
- rationalize,
- rig,
- schedule,
- schematize,
- scheme,
- scrape along,
- set up,
- shape,
- shape up,
- spawn,
- stack up,
- strike out,
- succeed in,
- superinduce,
- swing,
- swing the deal,
- systematize,
- think out,
- think up,
- turn out,
- vamp up,
- wangle,
- work out,
- work up,
- worry along