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contrive
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: controver, from Late Latin contropare]
formal to succeed in doing something in spite of difficulties
contrive to do sth
::Schindler contrived to save more than 1,000 Polish Jews from the Nazis.
to arrange an event or situation in a clever way, especially secretly or by deceiving people
::The lawsuit says oil companies contrived the oil shortage in the 1970s.
to make or invent something in a skilful way, especially because you need it suddenly
::In 1862, a technique was contrived to take a series of photographs showing stages of movement.
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