'Contriving' definitions:

Definition of 'Contriving'

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]

Words containing 'Contriving'