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contrive

contrive - verb

  1. To form a strategy for: blueprint, cast, chart, conceive, design, devise, formulate, frame, lay, plan, project, scheme, strategize, work out. Informal dope out. See planned.
  2. To use ingenuity in making, developing, or achieving: concoct, devise, dream up, fabricate, formulate, hatch, invent, make up, think up. Informal cook up. See make.