contriving
verb
Meaning
- To invent by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise
- To invent, to make devices; to form designs especially by improvisation.
- To project, cast, or set forth, as in a projection of light.
- To spend (time, or a period).
- The act of one who contrives.
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