contrive

Verb
  1. Make or work out a plan for;
    Devise (synset 201641910)
    "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack"
    is a type of: create by mental act, create mentally - create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands
    subtypes:
    • plot - devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet)
    • concert - contrive (a plan) by mutual agreement
    • map, map out - plan, delineate, or arrange in detail
    same as: design, plan, project
  2. Come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort (synset 201635953)
    "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"
    is a type of: create by mental act, create mentally - create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands
    same as: devise, excogitate, forge, formulate, invent
  3. Put or send forth (synset 201636439)
    "She threw the flashlight beam into the corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a spell"; "cast a warm light"
    is a type of: direct, send - cause to go somewhere
    subtypes: shoot - send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly
    same as: cast, project, throw

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