to plan with ingenuity; devise; invent

The author contrived a clever plot.

to bring about or effect by a plan, scheme, or the like; manage

He contrived to gain their votes.

to plot (evil, treachery, etc.).

to form designs; plan.

to plot.

verb

disorganize , demolish , destroy , ruin , stop , waste , wreck

verb

come up with , concoct , construct , cook up , create , devise , dream up * , engineer , fabricate , fashion , forge , form , formulate , frame * , handle , hatch , improvise , make , make up * , manipulate , manufacture , move , plan , plot , project , rig * , scheme , throw together , trump up , vamp , wangle , whip up * , achieve , angle , arrange , carry out , cogitate , collude , compass , connive , develop , effect , elaborate , execute , finagle * , hit upon , intrigue , jockey * , machinate , manage , maneuver , mastermind , negotiate , pass , play games , shift , swing , work out , wrangle , blueprint , cast , chart , conceive , frame , lay , strategize , dream up , make up , think up , accomplish , agitate , brew , conspire , consult , contend , design , excogitate , fake , finagle , fudge , invent