contrive

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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