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Definition of Contriver

Contriver
Contriver Con*triv"er, n. One who contrives, devises, plans, or schemas. --Swift.

Meaning of Contriver from wikipedia

- Contrive are a heavy metal band from Melbourne, Australia formed in 1999. Their musical style has been compared to that of Sepultura. The band consists...
- invaded England. Elizabeth asked Paulet, Mary's final custodian, if he would contrive a clandestine way to "shorten the life" of Mary, which he refused to do...
- to collect the insurance money and leave the country. Stephanie later contrives to meet with Emily, who explains that she and her sister indeed started...
- Bradshaw, Peter (22 May 2024). "Parthenope reviewPaolo Sorrentino contrives a facile, bikini-clad self-parody". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 May 2024...
- 16th century; and it likely entered the po****r vernacular as meaning a contriver of public works during John Smeaton's time. Environmental engineering...
- Netherlands, and Indonesia) is derived from the Latin words ingeniare ("to contrive, devise") and ingenium ("cleverness"). The foundational qualifications...
- Sinclair’s house never got to Scotland Yard as intended. Cambridge Police contrive James's resignation. John receives a cryptic phone call from James, leading...
- physics, hypotheses non fingo (Latin for "I frame no hypotheses", or "I contrive no hypotheses") is a phrase used by Isaac Newton in the essay General Scholium...
- know that it's the 25th anniversary of anything, so it'd be absurd to contrive too many situations in which they're reflective on the past. The main engine...
- G. Wells (1913). Little Wars. Frank Palmer Publishing. We did at last contrive to do so ; we invented what we call the melee, and our revised rules in...