contrive
I
verb
arrange, cause, collude, compose, conceive, concoct, connive, consider, conspire, counterplot, design, develop a course, devise, draft, effect, excogitare, fabricate, fashion, forecast, form, frame, imagine, improvise, induce, intrigue, invenire, invent, lay plans, machinari, machinate, make up, maneuver, mine, organize, pattern, plan, plot, predesign, preestablish, prepare, procure, project, provoke, scheme, shape out a course, sketch, systematize
associated concepts: contrive a cause of action
II
index
arrange (plan), build (construct), cause, circumvent, compose, conceive (invent), conspire, create, devise (invent), forge (produce), form, frame (construct), frame (formulate), frame (prearrange), generate, invent (produce for the first time), make, maneuver, manufacture, militate, originate, plan, produce (manufacture), scheme
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006