to contrive is a form of:
Contrive
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- (to devise, to construct skillfully, to fabricate) ប្រឌិត, បង្កើតថ្មី, ប្រតិបត្ដិ, ប្រព្រឹត្ត, សេពគប់, រៀបចំ, ផ្សំគ្នា
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- (FIGURATIVE) គិតគូររៀបចំក្បត់
Example: Their sudden out burst was obviously genuine, it counldn't have been contrived.
verb — past tense: contrived ; past participle: contrived ; present participle: contriving ;
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- (INTRANSITIVE) (To form plans, to scheme) គិតគូរក្បត់, ប្រតិបត្ដិអំពើក្បត់
Example: The boys contrive scheme to get out of work.
ENGLISH MEANING
verb — past tense: contrived ; past participle: contrived ; present participle: contriving ;
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- (INTRANSITIVE) To make devices; to form designs; to plan; to scheme; to plot.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to invent; to design; to plan.
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- design, devise, intend, manipulate, outline, plan, plot, prepare, project, scheme