con|triv´a|ble

con|triv´a|ble
con|trive «kuhn TRYV», verb, -trived, -triv|ing.
–v.t.
1. to plan with cleverness or skill; invent; design: »

The inventor contrived a new kind of engine with fewer moving parts.

SYNONYM(S): devise.
2. to plan; scheme; plot: »

The outlaws contrived a robbery of the train.

SYNONYM(S): hatch, frame, concoct.
3. to manage: »

I will contrive to be there by ten o'clock.

4. (in writing) to bring about; effect by manipulation of the plot: »

The scriptwriter contrived a happy ending by having the heroine escape at the last minute.

SYNONYM(S): hatch, frame, concoct.
–v.i.
to form schemes or designs; plan.
╂[< Old French controver < con- (< Latin com-) + trover find < Latin turbāre stir up < turba commotion]
–con|triv´a|ble, adjective.
–con|triv´er, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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