Толковый словарь английского языка - contrive
Contrive
contrive
verb (~d; contriving) Etymology: Middle English controven, contreven, from Anglo-French controver, contrever, from Medieval Latin contropare to compare, from Latin com+ Vulgar Latin *tropare to compose, find — more at troubador Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. devise , plan , to form or create in an artistic or ingenious manner , to bring about by stratagem or with difficulty ; manage , intransitive verb to make schemes, ~r noun
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v.tr. 1 devise; plan or make resourcefully or with skill. 2 (often foll. by to + infin.) manage (contrived to make matters worse). Derivatives contrivable adj. contriver n. Etymology: ME f. OF controver find, imagine f. med.L contropare compare ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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