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contrive
(mass) | contrive
- dokázať, vymyslieť, zvládnuť |
contrive
(encz) | contrive,dokázat v: Zdeněk Brož |
contrive
(encz) | contrive,osnovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
contrive
(encz) | contrive,vymyslet v: Zdeněk Brož |
contrive
(encz) | contrive,zinscenovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
contrive
(encz) | contrive,zvládnout v: Zdeněk Brož |
Contrive
(gcide) | Contrive \Con*trive"\ (k[o^]n*tr[imac]v"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Contrived; p. pr. & vb. n. Contriving.] [OE. contriven,
contreven, controven, to invent, OF. controver, contruver;
con- + trouver to find. See Troubadour, trover.]
To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to invent; to
design; to plan.
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What more likely to contrive this admirable frame of
the universe than infinite wisdom. --Tillotson.
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neither do thou imagine that I shall contrive aught
against his life. --Hawthorne.
Syn: To invent; discover; plan; design; project; plot;
concert; hatch.
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Contrive
(gcide) | Contrive \Con*trive"\, v. i.
To make devices; to form designs; to plan; to scheme; to
plot.
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The Fates with traitors do contrive. --Shak.
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Thou hast contrived against th very life
Of the defendant. --Shak.
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contrive
(wn) | contrive
v 1: make or work out a plan for; devise; "They contrived to
murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an
attack" [syn: plan, project, contrive, design]
2: come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or
principle) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to
measure the speed of light" [syn: invent, contrive,
devise, excogitate, formulate, forge]
3: put or send forth; "She threw the flashlight beam into the
corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a
spell"; "cast a warm light" [syn: project, cast,
contrive, throw] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
contriver
(mass) | contriver
- výrobca |
contrived
(encz) | contrived,dokázaný adj: Zdeněk Brožcontrived,nepřirozený adj: Zdeněk Brožcontrived,zaranžovaný adj: Zdeněk Brožcontrived,zinscenovaný adj: Zdeněk Brožcontrived,zvládnutý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
contrived scarcity
(encz) | contrived scarcity, |
contriver
(encz) | contriver,výrobce n: Zdeněk Brož |
uncontrived
(encz) | uncontrived, adj: |
Contrive
(gcide) | Contrive \Con*trive"\ (k[o^]n*tr[imac]v"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Contrived; p. pr. & vb. n. Contriving.] [OE. contriven,
contreven, controven, to invent, OF. controver, contruver;
con- + trouver to find. See Troubadour, trover.]
To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to invent; to
design; to plan.
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What more likely to contrive this admirable frame of
the universe than infinite wisdom. --Tillotson.
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neither do thou imagine that I shall contrive aught
against his life. --Hawthorne.
Syn: To invent; discover; plan; design; project; plot;
concert; hatch.
[1913 Webster]Contrive \Con*trive"\, v. i.
To make devices; to form designs; to plan; to scheme; to
plot.
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The Fates with traitors do contrive. --Shak.
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Thou hast contrived against th very life
Of the defendant. --Shak.
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Contrived
(gcide) | Contrive \Con*trive"\ (k[o^]n*tr[imac]v"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Contrived; p. pr. & vb. n. Contriving.] [OE. contriven,
contreven, controven, to invent, OF. controver, contruver;
con- + trouver to find. See Troubadour, trover.]
To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to invent; to
design; to plan.
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What more likely to contrive this admirable frame of
the universe than infinite wisdom. --Tillotson.
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neither do thou imagine that I shall contrive aught
against his life. --Hawthorne.
Syn: To invent; discover; plan; design; project; plot;
concert; hatch.
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Contrivement
(gcide) | Contrivement \Con*trive"ment\, n.
Contrivance; invention; arrangement; design; plan. [Obs.]
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Consider the admirable contrivement and artifice of
this great fabric. --Glanvill.
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Active to meet their contrivements. --Sir G. Buck.
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Contriver
(gcide) | Contriver \Con*triv"er\, n.
One who contrives, devises, plans, or schemas. --Swift.
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Precontrive
(gcide) | Precontrive \Pre`con*trive"\, v. t. & i.
To contrive or plan beforehand.
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contrived
(wn) | contrived
adj 1: showing effects of planning or manipulation; "a novel
with a contrived ending"
2: artificially formal; "that artificial humility that her
husband hated"; "contrived coyness"; "a stilted letter of
acknowledgment"; "when people try to correct their speech
they develop a stilted pronunciation" [syn: artificial,
contrived, hokey, stilted] |
contriver
(wn) | contriver
n 1: a person who makes plans [syn: planner, contriver,
deviser] |
uncontrived
(wn) | uncontrived
adj 1: not by design or artifice; unforced and impromptu; "an
air of unstudied spontaneous utterance is apt to be
painstakingly achieved"; "simple unstudied charm" [syn:
unstudied, uncontrived] [ant: studied] |
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