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2 definitions found 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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