contrive
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contrive
- /kənˈtɹaɪv/
Rhymes with -aɪv
Where it comes from
From Middle English contreve (“to invent”), from Old French controver (Modern French controuver), from trover (“to find”) (French trouver).
verb contrives · contriving · contrived
- To invent by an exercise of ingeniosity; to devise […]I cannot bear the idea of two young women traveling post by themselves. It is highly improper. You must contrive to send somebody.
- To invent, to make devices; to form designs especially by improvisation.
- To project, cast, or set forth, as in a projection of light.
- To spend (time, or a period).
Similar: becast, cast about
