contrive

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English contreve (“to invent”), from Old French controver (Modern French controuver), from trover (“to find”) (French trouver). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kənˈtɹaɪv/ Rhymes: -aɪv === Verb === contrive (third-person singular simple present contrives, present participle contriving, simple past and past participle contrived) To invent by an exercise of ingeniosity; to devise Synonyms: plan, scheme, plot, hatch, get To invent, to make devices; to form designs especially by improvisation. To project, cast, or set forth, as in a projection of light. (obsolete, transitive) To spend (time, or a period). ==== Synonyms ==== becast cast about ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === renovict