Contrive (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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verb (used with object), con·trived, con·triv·ing.
  1. to plan with ingenuity; devise; invent: The author contrived a clever plot.
  2. to bring about or effect by a plan, scheme, or the like; manage: He contrived to gain their votes.
  3. to plot (evil, treachery, etc.).
verb (used without object), con·trived, con·triv·ing.
  1. to form designs; plan.
  2. to plot.
verb
  1. to manage (something or to do something), esp by means of a trick; engineer
  2. to think up or adapt ingeniously or elaborately
  3. to plot or scheme (treachery, evil, etc)
Contrive (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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