Bible Dictionaries
Contrive

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. i.) To make devices; to form designs; to plan; to scheme; to plot.

(2):

(v. t.) To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to invent; to design; to plan.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Contrive'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/contrive.html. 1828.