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 Contrive \Con*trive"\ (k[o^]n*tr[imac]v"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Contrived}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Contriving}.] [OE. contriven,
   contreven, controven, to invent, OF. controver, contruver;
   con- + trouver to find. See {Troubadour}, {trover}.]
   To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to invent; to
   design; to plan.
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         What more likely to contrive this admirable frame of
         the universe than infinite wisdom.       --Tillotson.
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         neither do thou imagine that I shall contrive aught
         against his life.                        --Hawthorne.

   Syn: To invent; discover; plan; design; project; plot;
        concert; hatch.
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