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Definition of Contriver

Contriver
Contriver Con*triv"er, n. One who contrives, devises, plans, or schemas. --Swift.

Meaning of Contriver from wikipedia

- Contrive are a heavy metal band from Melbourne, Australia formed in 1999. Their musical style has been compared to that of Sepultura. The band consists...
- from the Latin ingenium, meaning "cleverness" and ingeniare, meaning "to contrive, devise". The American Engineers' Council for Professional Development...
- Belgium and The Netherlands) is derived from the Latin words ingeniare ("to contrive, devise") and ingenium ("cleverness"). The foundational qualifications...
- and Mrs. McCarthy s**** to prove his innocence, and Sergeant Goodfellow contrives his escape from the police station cell. A Jackdaw egg at the cottage...
- flee; an acquaintance helps her board a bus to the town, but Durga's contriving sister finds her and takes her to the chieftain, who violently makes her...
- invaded England. Elizabeth asked Paulet, Mary's final custodian, if he would contrive a clandestine way to "shorten the life" of Mary, which he refused to do...
- after the war began, and they were accused of supporting British rule, "contrivers and authors of seditious publications" critical of the revolutionary cause...
- the bed on which lie his wife and her lover. She notices his foot and contrives a story to prove her innocence. Persian illustration of the Kalileh and...
- sanctuary south of the Ilissos river at Athens. Mêkhaneus (Μηχανευς; "Contriver") or Latinized Mechaneus Moiragetes (Μοιραγέτης; "Leader of the Fates"...
- rip someone's hand off. Sherlock suspects weightlifter Dana Kazmir, and contrives to obtain a sample of his blood/DNA. They match the DNA found under Moshe's...