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Meaning of contrive


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  contrive
      v 1: make or work out a plan for; devise; "They contrived to
           murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an
           attack" [syn: {plan}, {project}, {contrive}, {design}]
      2: come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or
         principle) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to
         measure the speed of light" [syn: {invent}, {contrive},
         {devise}, {excogitate}, {formulate}, {forge}]
      3: put or send forth; "She threw the flashlight beam into the
         corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a
         spell"; "cast a warm light" [syn: {project}, {cast},
         {contrive}, {throw}]


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