v., -trived, -triv·ing, -trives.

v.tr.

1. To plan with cleverness or ingenuity; devise: contrive ways to amuse the children.
2. To invent or fabricate, especially by improvisation: contrived a swing from hanging vines.
3. To plan with evil intent; scheme: contrived a plot to seize power.
4. To bring about, as by scheming; manage: somehow contrived to get past the guards unnoticed.

v.intr.

To form plans or schemes.

[Middle English contreven, from Old French controver, contreuv-, from Medieval Latin contropāre, to compare : Latin com-, com- + Latin tropus, turn, manner, style (from Greek tropos).]

contriver con·triv'er n.

verb

1. To form a strategy for: blueprint, cast, chart, conceive, design, devise, formulate, frame, lay, plan, project, scheme, strategize, work out. Informal dope out. Idioms: lay plans. See planned/unplanned.
2. To use ingenuity in making, developing, or achieving: concoct, devise, dream up, fabricate, formulate, hatch, invent, make up, think up. Informal cook up. Idioms: come up with. See make/unmake.

v

Definition: bring about, succeed with difficulty
Antonyms: demolish, destroy, ruin, stop, waste, wreck

v

Definition: invent, design
Antonyms: disorganize

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The verb has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: make or work out a plan for; devise
  Synonyms: plan, project, design

Meaning #2: come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or priciple) after a mental effort
  Synonyms: invent, devise, excogitate, formulate, forge

Meaning #3: put or send forth
  Synonyms: project, cast, throw

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - opfinde, sørge for, finde udveje til
v. intr. - udtænke planer

Nederlands (Dutch)
beramen, veroorzaken, uitvinden

Français (French)
v. tr. - concevoir, organiser, fabriquer (avec ingéniosité), créer, inventer
v. intr. - inventer (un plan, un stratagème)

Deutsch (German)
v. - entwerfen, planen, erfinden, arrangieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - επινοώ, μηχανεύομαι, σκαρφίζομαι, καταφέρνω, κατορθώνω

Italiano (Italian)
escogitare, inventare, trovare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - inventar, tramar, dar um jeito

Русский (Russian)
ухитриться, изобретать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - idear, maquinar, trazar, inventar
v. intr. - trazarse

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - tänka ut, uppfinna, planera, finna medel till, lyckas, reda sig, få det att gå ihop, intrigera

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
发明, 策划, 图谋, 设计, 设法做到, 以计谋达成, 谋划

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 發明, 策劃, 圖謀, 設計, 設法做到, 以計謀達成
v. intr. - 謀劃

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 고안하다, 나쁜 일을 기도하다, 이럭저럭 ~을 해내다
v. intr. - 궁리하다, 가사를 꾸려가다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 考案する, 設計する, もくろむ, わざわざしでかす, どうかこうか…する, 画策する, 工夫してやってゆく

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) ابتكر, ابتدع, دبر, خطط‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הצליח, המציא, תכנן, זמם‬
v. intr. - ‮תכנן, זמם‬

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