Found 3 items, similar to Contriving.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: contrive
membuat, menyusun
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: contrive
contrive
v 1: make or work out a plan for; devise;
“They contrived to
murder their boss”;
“design a new sales strategy”;
“plan
an attack” [syn:
plan,
project,
design]
2: come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or
priciple) after a mental effort;
“excogitate a way to
measure the speed of light” [syn:
invent,
devise,
excogitate,
formulate,
forge]
3: put or send forth;
“She threw the flashlight beam into the
corner”;
“The setting sun threw long shadows”;
“cast a
spell”;
“cast a warm light” [syn:
project,
cast,
throw]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Contriving
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.
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What more likely to contrive this admirable frame of
the universe than infinite wisdom. --Tillotson.
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neither do thou imagine that I shall contrive aught
against his life. --Hawthorne.
Syn: To invent; discover; plan; design; project; plot;
concert; hatch.
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