Contrive

kon-trīv′, v.t. to plan: to invent: to bring about or effect: to plot.— adj. Contriv′able , that may be contrived.— ns. Contriv′ance , Contrive′ment , act of contriving: the thing contrived: invention: design: artifice; Contriv′er , a schemer, a manager. [O. Fr. con trover — con- , trover , to find—L. turbāre , to disturb.]