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verbcontrive (verb) · contrives (third person present) · contrived (past tense) · contrived (past participle) · contriving (present participle)- create or bring about (an object or a situation) by deliberate use of skill and artifice:"his opponents contrived a crisis" · "you contrived to be alone with me despite the supervision"
- manage to do something foolish or create an undesirable situation:"the poor guy in some way contrived to hang himself"
OriginMiddle English: from Old French contreuve-, stressed stem of controver ‘imagine, invent’, from medieval Latin contropare ‘compare’.Similar and Opposite Wordsverb- create or bring about (an object or a situation) by deliberate use of skill and artifice:
- manage to do something foolish or create an undesirable situation:
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