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Definition of Contriving

Contriving
Contrive Con*trive", 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. What more likely to contrive this admirable frame of the universe than infinite wisdom. --Tillotson. neither do thou imagine that I shall contrive aught against his life. --Hawthorne. Syn: To invent; discover; plan; design; project; plot; concert; hatch.

Meaning of Contriving 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...
- after the war began, and they were accused of supporting British rule, "contrivers and authors of seditious publications" critical of the revolutionary cause...
- destined to be overcome by his own son, strong though he was, through the contriving of great Zeus." "But never before and never since, as far as we know,...
- Hypotheses non fingo (Latin for "I frame no hypotheses", or "I contrive no hypotheses") is a phrase used by Isaac Newton in an essay, "General Scholium"...
- know that it's the 25th anniversary of anything, so it'd be absurd to contrive too many situations in which they're reflective on the past. The main engine...
- sanctuary south of the Ilissos river at Athens. Mêkhaneus (Μηχανευς; "Contriver") or Latinized Mechaneus Moiragetes (Μοιραγέτης; "Leader of the Fates"...
- facing the bowling style of the bowler. This usually results in the batter contriving to make an even number of runs (for example, by waiting until certain...