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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Contrive \Con*trive"\, 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
What more likely to contrive this admirable frame of
the universe than infinite wisdom. --Tillotson.
neither do thou imagine that I shall contrive aught
against his life. --Hawthorne.
Syn: To invent; discover; plan design; project; plot;
concert; hatch.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
contrived
adj 1: showing effects of planning or manipulation; "a novel with a
contrived ending"
2: artificially formal; "that artificial humility that her
husband hated"; "contrived coyness"; "a stilted letter of
acknowledgment"; "when people try to correct their speech
they develop a stilted pronunciation" [syn: {artificial},
{stilted}]
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