contrive

  1. Verb.  To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to plan; to scheme; to plot.
  2. Verb.  To invent, to make devices; to form designs especially by improvisation.
  3. Verb.  To project, cast, or set forth, as in a projection of light.

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