Verb

(contriv)

To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to plan; to scheme; to plot.

* Hawthorne

Neither do thou imagine that I shall contrive aught against his life.

* 1813 , Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice , Modern Library Edition (1995), page 154

I cannot bear the idea of two young women traveling post by themselves. It is highly improper. You must contrive to send somebody.

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

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To invent, to make devices; to form designs especially by improvisation.

To project, cast, or set forth, as in a projection of light.

Verb

(rare) To plan (something) in advance; think, consider, or contrive beforehand; prognosticate.

(Bishop Hall)

(rare) To think about beforehand; to anticipate.

* 1635 , John Donne, Song :

Let not thy divining heart / Forethinke me any ill [...].

* Shakespeare

The soul of every man / Prophetically doth forethink thy fall.