DICT.TW Dictionary Taiwan

 Con·trive v. t. [imp. & p. p. Contrived p. pr. & vb. n. Contriving.]  To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to invent; to design; to plan.
    What more likely to contrive this admirable frame of the universe than infinite wisdom.   --Tillotson.
    neither do thou imagine that I shall contrive aught against his life.   --Hawthorne.
 Syn: -- To invent; discover; plan; design; project; plot; concert; hatch.

 contrived
      adj 1: showing effects of planning or manipulation; "a novel with a
             contrived ending"
      2: artificially formal; "that artificial humility that her
         husband hated"; "contrived coyness"; "a stilted letter of
         acknowledgment"; "when people try to correct their speech
         they develop a stilted pronunciation" [syn: artificial,
         hokey, stilted]