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contriveverb to create or think of by clever use of the imaginationcontrived abstract metal sculptures using old household utensils concoct, construct, cook (up), devise, drum up, excogitate, fabricate, invent, make up, manufacture, think (up), trump up, vamp (up) coin, design, hatch, producedaydream, dream, fantasizeconceive, envisage, envision, imagine, picture, vision, visualizead-lib, extemporize, improvise come up with clone, copy, copycat, duplicate, imitate, mimic, reduplicate, replicate, reproduce to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful endsthe mischievous boys were always contriving and trying to pull the prank that would be the talk of the school collude, compass, connive, conspire, intrigue, machinate, plot, put up, scheme counterplotbrew, concoct, cook (up), devise, hatchengineer, jockey, maneuver, manipulatedesign, frame, lay out, map, plan, shape to plan out usually with subtle skill or carecontrived a way of planning the surprise party without their catching on to it engineer, finagle, finesse, frame, machinate, maneuver, manipulate, mastermind, negotiate, wangle arrange, concert, conclude, hammer out, work outangle (for), compass, intrigue, plot, schemeconnivebrew, concoct, cook (up), hatchcaptain, command, conduct, direct, handle, manage, quarterback, rungerrymander blow, bobble, botch, bungle, butcher, flub, fumble, gum (up), louse up, mangle, mess (up), mishandle, muff in the 14th century |