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contrivest

contrivest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of contrive.

Meaning of contrive

Verb

contrive (third-person singular simple present contrives, present participle contriving, simple past and past participle contrived)

  1. To invent by an exercise of ingeniosity; to devise
    • […]I cannot bear the idea of two young women traveling post by themselves. It is highly improper. You must contrive to send somebody.1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], Pride and Prejudice: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    plan, scheme, plot, hatch, get
  2. To invent, to make devices; to form designs especially by improvisation.
  3. To project, cast, or set forth, as in a projection of light.
  4. (obsolete, transitive) To spend (time, or a period).

Origin of contrivest

contrive + -est

Questions about contrivest

What is contrivest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Contrivest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of contrive.

Words near contrivest in the dictionary

  1. contrivement
  2. contrivements
  3. contriver
  4. contrivers
  5. contrives
  6. contrivest
  7. contriveth
  8. contriving
  9. contrivings
  10. contrivition
  11. contrivitions

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