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contrive
verb
(
contriv, es
)
To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to invent; to design; to plan.
To make devices; to form designs; to plan; to scheme; to plot.
Etymology:
Middle English
contreve
, "to invent", Old French
controver
(French
controuver
), from
trover
(French
trouver
), "to find".
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