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   Con·trive

   /kənˈtrīv/

   

   verb

   • 1. create or bring about (an object or a situation) by deliberate use of skill and artifice: "his opponents contrived a crisis" Similar bring aboutengineercause to happenmanufactureorchestratestage-managecreatedeviseconcoctconstructdesignformulateplanwork outthink updream upcome up withfabricateplothatchinformal:wangleset upcook upprocure
   • ▪ manage to do something foolish or create an undesirable situation: "the poor guy in some way contrived to hang himself" Similar managefind a wayengineer a wayarrangesucceed ininformal:work itswing itarchaic:compass

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French contreuve-, stressed stem of controver ‘imagine, invent’, from medieval Latin contropare ‘compare’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. contrivable adjective
   • 2. contriver noun

   Scrabble Points: 13

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