Origin: Latin
suffix -ive
Contrive has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
Verb
Verb
1
make or work out a plan for; devise
"They contrived to murder their boss"
"design a new sales strategy"
"plan an attack"
2
come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
"excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"
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"
4
To invent by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise
Example Sentences
"They contrived to murder their boss"
verb
"design a new sales strategy"
verb
"plan an attack"
verb
"excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"
verb
"She threw the flashlight beam into the corner"
verb
"The setting sun threw long shadows"
verb
"cast a spell"
verb
"cast a warm light"
verb
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