From <span class="searchmatch">contrive</span> + -er. <span class="searchmatch">contriver</span> (plural <span class="searchmatch">contrivers</span>) A person who <span class="searchmatch">contrives</span>. Synonyms: creator, inventer, planner, plotter, schemer c. 1598–1600 (date...
<span class="searchmatch">contrivers</span> plural of <span class="searchmatch">contriver</span>...
To spend (time, or a period). becast cast about <span class="searchmatch">contrivable</span> contrivance contrived <span class="searchmatch">contrivement</span> <span class="searchmatch">contriver</span> precontrive recontrive uncontriving To form by...
<span class="searchmatch">contriving</span> present participle and gerund of <span class="searchmatch">contrive</span> <span class="searchmatch">contriving</span> (plural <span class="searchmatch">contrivings</span>) The act of one who <span class="searchmatch">contrives</span>. 2007, Steve Talbott, Devices of the...
<span class="searchmatch">contrivings</span> plural of <span class="searchmatch">contriving</span>...
<span class="searchmatch">contrivements</span> plural of <span class="searchmatch">contrivement</span>...
<span class="searchmatch">contrivitions</span> plural of <span class="searchmatch">contrivition</span>...
Rhymes: -aɪvz <span class="searchmatch">contrives</span> third-person singular simple present indicative of <span class="searchmatch">contrive</span> Creviston, renovicts...
From <span class="searchmatch">contrive</span> + -ment. <span class="searchmatch">contrivement</span> (countable and uncountable, plural <span class="searchmatch">contrivements</span>) (obsolete) contrivance; invented statement; arrangement or plan...
From <span class="searchmatch">contrive</span> + -able. <span class="searchmatch">contrivable</span> (not comparable) Capable of being contrived, invented, or devised. 1648, John Wilkins, Mathematical Magick: A perpetual...