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.