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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Contrived (0.01144 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to Contrived.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: contrive membuat, menyusun
English → English (WordNet) Definition: contrived contrived adj 1: showing effects of planning or manipulation; “a novel with a contrived ending” 2: artificially formal; “that artificial humility that her husband hated”; “contrived coyness”; “a stilted letter of acknowledgment”; “when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation” [syn: artificial, hokey, stilted]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Contrived Contrive \Con*trive"\ (k[o^]n*tr[imac]v"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Contrived; p. pr. & vb. n. Contriving.] [OE. contriven, contreven, controven, to invent, OF. controver, contruver; con- + trouver to find. See Troubadour, trover.] To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to invent; to design; to plan. [1913 Webster] What more likely to contrive this admirable frame of the universe than infinite wisdom. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster] neither do thou imagine that I shall contrive aught against his life. --Hawthorne. Syn: To invent; discover; plan; design; project; plot; concert; hatch. [1913 Webster]

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