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contrive a scheme
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contrive — [kən trīv′] vt. contrived, contriving [ME contreven < OFr controver, to find out, contrive, imagine < VL contropare, to compare < com, COM + tropus, TROPE] 1. to think up; devise; scheme; plan [to contrive a way to help] 2. to construct… … English World dictionary
scheme — n 1: a combination of elements (as statutes or regulations) that are connected, adjusted, and integrated by design: a systematic plan or program an administrative inspection scheme 2: a crafty, unethical, or fraudulent project a scheme to defraud … Law dictionary
contrive — contrive, devise, invent, frame, concoct mean to find a way of making or doing something or of achieving an end by the exercise of one s mind. Contrive implies ingenuity or cleverness in planning, designing, or in scheming; it is a matter of… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
contrive — I verb arrange, cause, collude, compose, conceive, concoct, connive, consider, conspire, counterplot, design, develop a course, devise, draft, effect, excogitare, fabricate, fashion, forecast, form, frame, imagine, improvise, induce, intrigue,… … Law dictionary
contrive — [v1] invent, design come up with, concoct, construct, cook up, create, devise, dream up*, engineer, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, formulate, frame*, handle, hatch, improvise, make, make up*, manipulate, manufacture, move, plan, plot, project,… … New thesaurus
Contrive — Con*trive , v. i. To make devices; to form designs; to plan; to scheme; to plot. [1913 Webster] The Fates with traitors do contrive. Shak. [1913 Webster] Thou hast contrived against th very life Of the defendant. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
scheme — schemeless, adj. schemer, n. /skeem/, n., v., schemed, scheming. n. 1. a plan, design, or program of action to be followed; project. 2. an underhand plot; intrigue. 3. a visionary or impractical project. 4. a body or system of related doctrines,… … Universalium
scheme — [[t]skim[/t]] n. v. schemed, schem•ing 1) a plan, design, or program of action; project 2) an underhand plot; intrigue 3) any system or pattern of correlated things, parts, etc., or the manner of their arrangement: a color scheme[/ex] 4) an… … From formal English to slang
scheme — /skim / (say skeem) noun 1. a plan or design to be followed, as for building operations, etc.; a program of action; a project. 2. a policy or plan officially adopted by a company, business, etc., as for pensions, loans, etc. 3. an underhand plot; …
contrive — verb a) To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to plan; to scheme; to plot. ...I cannot bear the idea of two y … Wiktionary
scheme — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. plan, plot, project, design, intrigue; system, method; cunning. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. project, design, plot, stratagem; see plan 2 , system 2 . See Synonym Study at plan . v. Syn. intrigue, contrive … English dictionary for students
