contrive
kuhn trahyv
- v make or work out a plan for; devise
They contrived to murder their boss - v come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
- v put or send forth
- His mother lived to contrive, by dint of much scrimping, to stake young Chiang to four years of military schooling in Japan.
- We must still contrive to love her .
- Apparently they would rather contrive a political issue than foster a genuine discussion about the future of our country.