contrive

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To manage to do something difficult by being clever or resourceful.

   She contrived to finish the project despite the missing data.

2. 2
   verb

   To plan or invent something, often in a cunning or artificial way.

   They contrived a scheme to avoid paying the fee.

From Middle English contreve (“to invent”), from Old French controver (Modern French controuver), from trover (“to find”) (French trouver).

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