Contrive
[kuh n-trahyv] /kənˈtraɪv/
verb (used with object), contrived, contriving.
1.
to plan with ingenuity; devise; invent:
The author contrived a clever plot.
2.
to bring about or effect by a plan, scheme, or the like; manage:
He contrived to gain their votes.
3.
to plot (evil, treachery, etc.).
verb (used without object), contrived, contriving.
4.
to form designs; plan.
5.
to plot.
/kənˈtraɪv/
verb
1.
(transitive) to manage (something or to do something), esp by means of a trick; engineer: he contrived to make them meet
2.
(transitive) to think up or adapt ingeniously or elaborately: he contrived a new mast for the boat
3.
to plot or scheme (treachery, evil, etc)
v.
early 14c., from Old French controver (Modern French controuver) “to find out, contrive, imagine,” from Late Latin contropare “to compare” (via a figure of speech), from Latin com- “with” (see com-) + tropus “song, musical mode,” from Greek tropos “figure of speech” (see trope).
Sense evolution (in French) was from “invent with ingenuity” to “invent falsely.” Spelled contreve until unexplained 15c. sound change that also affected briar, friar, choir. Related: Contrived; contriving.
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