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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Contrive \Con*trive"\ (k[o^]n*tr[imac]v"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     Contrived; p. pr. & vb. n. Contriving.] [OE. contriven,
     contreven, controven, to invent, OF. controver, contruver;
     con- + trouver to find. See Troubadour, trover.]
     To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to invent; to
     design; to plan.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           What more likely to contrive this admirable frame of
           the universe than infinite wisdom.       --Tillotson.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           neither do thou imagine that I shall contrive aught
           against his life.                        --Hawthorne.
  
     Syn: To invent; discover; plan; design; project; plot;
          concert; hatch.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Contrive \Con*trive"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Contrived; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Contriving.] [OE. contriven, contreven, controven,
     to invent, OF. controver, contruver; con- + trouver to find.
     See Troubadour, trover.]
     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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  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]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  contrived
     Αγγλικά a.
     δύσκαμπτος, πομπώδης

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  contrived
     a.
     1 Created in a deliberate, rather than natural or spontaneous, way.
     2 unnatural, forced; artificial, or unrealistic.
     vb.
     (infl of en contrive  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  contrived
     a.
     1 Created in a deliberate, rather than natural or spontaneous, way.
     2 unnatural, forced; artificial, or unrealistic.
     vb.
     (infl of en contrive  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  contrived
     a.
     1 Created in a deliberate, rather than natural or spontaneous, way.
     2 unnatural, forced; artificial, or unrealistic.
     vb.
     (infl of en contrive  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  contrived
     a.
     1 Created in a deliberate, rather than natural or spontaneous, way.
     2 unnatural, forced; artificial, or unrealistic.
     vb.
     (infl of en contrive  ed-form)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  contrived
     Englanti a.
     teeskennellä, väkinäinen
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm c ontrive d)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  contrived
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en contrive ordform=perfpart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb contrive)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Contrived /kəntɹˈaɪvd/
  مدبّر