Definition of: contrive

(kən·trīv′) v. ·trived, ·triv·ing v.t.
1. To scheme or plan; devise.
2. To plot or conspire.
3. To make ingeniously; improvise; invent: He contrived an extra sail.
4. To manage or carry through, as by some device or scheme.
—v.i.
5. To form designs; plot. [<OF controver find, invent,? <L com- together + turbare stir up, disclose, find]
—con·triv′a·ble adjective
—con·triv′·er noun