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contrive
verb
(con-trive)
come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
Synonyms:
devise
,
excogitate
,
forge
,
formulate
,
invent
,
contrive
verb
(con-trive)
make or work out a plan for; devise
Synonyms:
design
,
plan
,
project
,
Examples:
They contrived to murder their boss.
contrive
verb
(con-trive)
put or send forth
Synonyms:
cast
,
project
,
throw
,
Words Related to
contrive
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invent
,
devise
,
forge
,
formulate
,
throw
,
cast
,
design
,
plan
,
excogitate
,
project
,
weave
,
concoct
,
connive
,
manipulate
,
conceive
,
feign
,
orchestrate
,
fabricate
,
pretend
,
conspire
,
inveigle
,
precontrive
,
obfuscate
,
conjure
,
suborn
,
aggrandise
,
contrivement
,
dissimulate
,
trangram
,
bemuse
,
elide
,
think up
,
enmesh
,
collude
,
unknot
,
philosophise
,
commodify
,
backbite
,
bewitch
,
explicate
,
satirise
,
bastardise
,
insinuate
,
importune
,
embellish
,
beguile
,
extenuate
,
cogitate
,
bewilder
,
discombobulate
,
wangle
,
deconstruct
,
perpetuate
,
compartmentalise
,
prevaricate
,
confecting
,
instigate
,
mangle
,
inconcoct
,
mythologise
,
sentimentalise
,
cohere
,
plagiarise
,
cadge
,
posit
,
dissemble
,
finagle
,
confound
,
prate
,
prettify
,
relativize
,
bamboozle
,
bastardize
,
filch
,
stupefy
,
denude
,
ramify
,
chivvy
,
balkanise
,
stultify
,
ravish
,
jigamaree
,
disenchant
,
cajole
,
juxtapose
,
induce
,
coarsen
,
vivify
,
discomfit
,
outwit
,
contort
,
ennoble
,
scandalize
,
amuse
,
transmute
,
atomize
,
fictionalize
,
externalise
,
engender
,
mythologize
,
contrive
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