ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CONTRIVE
From Old French controver, from Late Latin contropāre to represent by figures of speech, compare, from Latin com- together + tropus figure of speech, trope.
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CONTRIVE
PRESENT
Present
I contrive
you contrive
he/she/it contrives
we contrive
you contrive
they contrive
Present continuous
I am contriving
you are contriving
he/she/it is contriving
we are contriving
you are contriving
they are contriving
Present perfect
I have contrived
you have contrived
he/she/it has contrived
we have contrived
you have contrived
they have contrived
Present perfect continuous
I have been contriving
you have been contriving
he/she/it has been contriving
we have been contriving
you have been contriving
they have been contriving
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I contrived
you contrived
he/she/it contrived
we contrived
you contrived
they contrived
Past continuous
I was contriving
you were contriving
he/she/it was contriving
we were contriving
you were contriving
they were contriving
Past perfect
I had contrived
you had contrived
he/she/it had contrived
we had contrived
you had contrived
they had contrived
Past perfect continuous
I had been contriving
you had been contriving
he/she/it had been contriving
we had been contriving
you had been contriving
they had been contriving
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will contrive
you will contrive
he/she/it will contrive
we will contrive
you will contrive
they will contrive
Future continuous
I will be contriving
you will be contriving
he/she/it will be contriving
we will be contriving
you will be contriving
they will be contriving
Future perfect
I will have contrived
you will have contrived
he/she/it will have contrived
we will have contrived
you will have contrived
they will have contrived
Future perfect continuous
I will have been contriving
you will have been contriving
he/she/it will have been contriving
we will have been contriving
you will have been contriving
they will have been contriving
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would contrive
you would contrive
he/she/it would contrive
we would contrive
you would contrive
they would contrive
Conditional continuous
I would be contriving
you would be contriving
he/she/it would be contriving
we would be contriving
you would be contriving
they would be contriving
Conditional perfect
I would have contrive
you would have contrive
he/she/it would have contrive
we would have contrive
you would have contrive
they would have contrive
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been contriving
you would have been contriving
he/she/it would have been contriving
we would have been contriving
you would have been contriving
they would have been contriving
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you contrive
we let´s contrive
you contrive
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
contrived
Present Participle
contriving
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
9 QUOTES WITH «CONTRIVE»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
contrive.
The actual writing of a song usually comes in the form of a realisation. I can't contrive a song.
Yeah, I don't necessarily like endings that contrive an artificial moment of completion.
The Chinese, by their favourite system of dwarfing, contrive to make it, when only a foot and a half or two feet high, have all the characters of an aged cedar of Lebanon.
A heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute.
I have a severe Google Reader habit. I think people will use blog forms and Twitter to contrive fiction.
When we arrived in London, my sadness at leaving Paris was turned into despair. After my long stay in the French capital, huge, ponderous, massive London seemed to me as ugly a thing as man could contrive to make.
I hate how things must be classified. How this is applied to musicians implies that they somehow contrive their products and have studied the demographics of the audience.
We have seen Indians in immense numbers, and all those on this coast of the Pacific contrive to make a good subsistence on various seeds, and by fishing.
I don't think you can contrive any sound.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONTRIVE»
Discover the use of
contrive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
contrive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Canons of Criticism, and Glossary,: Being a Supplement ...
Pleafe ye we may contrive this afternoon" ** Mr. Theobald afks what they were to
contrive ? " and then fays, a foolifh corruption poffeffes the " place, and fo alters it
to convive. — But the com- ** mon reading is right, and the critic was only ...
2
The London Encyclopaedia: Or, Universal Dictionary of ...
The contrite sinner is restored to pardon, and, through faith in Christ, our
repentance is entitled to salvation. Rogers. CONTRIVE, v. a. & n. ~\ The
derivation Contriver, n. s. \ of contrive is thus Contri'vement, n.s. (traced by Skin-
Contri'vaxce, ...
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English Synonymes explained, in alphabetical order; with ...
Hence any thing dressed up in the figure of a man to represent a particular
person is termed his efigyTO CONTRIVE, DEVISE, INVENT. Contrive, in French
contronver, compounded of con and trouver, signifies to find out by puttin
together; ...
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English Synonymes Explained: In Alphabetical Order with ...
Contriving requires less exercise of the thoughts than devising: we contrive on
familiar and common occasions ; we de- rue in seasons of difficulty and trial. A
contrivance is simple and obvious to a plain understanding : a device is complex
...
5
English Synonymes Explained, in Alphabetical Order
CONTRIVE. Infidel) upon his devotion on shipboard, which the other denied in so
high terms, that it produced the lie on both sides, and ended in a duel. ADDIBON.
The introduction of the bill may be opposed, a the bill itself may at either of the ...
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English Synonyms Explained, in Alphabetical Order: With ...
280. CONTRADICT. CONTRIVE. The presence of every created being h cew-
fined to a certain measure of space, and consequently bis observation is stinted
to a certain number of objects. Addison. Resentmvrtts are not easily dislodged
from ...
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English Synonymes Explained, in Alphabetical Order; with ...
T0 CONTRIVE, DEVISE, INVENT. CONTRIVE, in French controu'oer,
compounded of con and trouver, signifies to find out by putting together. DEVISE,
compoudded of de and vise, in Latin 'visus seen, signifies to show or present to
the mind.
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Anglo-American Telegraphic Code to Cheapen Telegraphy and to ...
.Will be contributed Contrive. . . . .Can you contrive .... I (we) can contrive ... .1 (we
) cannot contrive ... .If you can contrive ... .If you cannot contrive Contrived. . . . .
Cannot be contrived .... Contrived by . . . .Contrived it Contrived the scheme .
Shakespeare uses contrive variously; Polonius, in soliloquy, plans to contrive a
meeting between Hamlet and Ophelia; Claudius tells Laertes that Hamlet is free
from all contriving. Most editions don't gloss the word, though one equates it with
...
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Logic Based Program Synthesis and Transformation: 11th ...
The above properties demonstrate that we can restrict to proofs in which each
forge rule is followed by (i.e. is just below) a receive rule, that reads the message
generated by contrive. Since the description of a protocol is finite, there might be
...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONTRIVE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
contrive is used in the context of the following news items.
Cubs-Cardinals rivalry needs some polarizing characters
"You can't contrive a rivalry." Now Maddon is in the middle of a true rivalry, one that dates to 1892 and includes some deep-seated animosity. «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»
For better and worse, Red Sox management knew exactly what it …
... apologist for every power-hitting, oft-clueless Red Sox left fielder throughout history with “Ramirez” sewn on his uniform, can contrive a way to ... «Boston.com, Jul 15»
Marlins shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria an All-Star in waiting
"It was a contrived attempt at a rivalry. It either is or it isn't. You can't contrive a rivalry.'' Copyright © 2015, Sun Sentinel. Comments. Loading ... «Sun Sentinel, Jul 15»
Workplace wardrobe malfunctions
Employers struggle to contrive a summer policy that doesn't compromise comfort for the sake of fashion. According to the Statistic Brain ... «Long Island Business News, Jul 15»
Jon Lester preparing for start without David Ross
You can't contrive a rivalry. You cannot.” ROTATIONAL RAMBLINGS Jake Arrieta will pitch one of Tuesday's games against St. Louis, but which ... «Chicago Sun-Times, Jul 15»
Saluting Norman Washington Manley on his 122nd birthday
... sections of land with, perhaps sixty or seventy thousand people, must somehow contrive to fend for themselves in a harshly competitive world ... «Jamaica Observer, Jul 15»
Supreme Court Upholds Arizona Redistricting Commission
The reason is gerrymandering, by which politicians contrive to select their voters rather than letting voters select their representatives. «Lid Time - Weird News, Entertainment, News Headlines, Jul 15»
Reader's View: Big energy companies fight truth on climate
... attributed by rationalwiki.org to Scott Westerfeld, a writer of young-adult fiction: “97 percent of the world's scientists contrive an environmental ... «Duluth News Tribune, Jul 15»
Theo Epstein says deadline is not a "panacea"
You can't contrive a rivalry. You cannot.” ROTATIONAL RAMBLINGS Jake Arrieta will pitch one of Tuesday's games against St. Louis, but which ... «Chicago Sun-Times, Jul 15»
Starc, Clarke provide bright spots
... pitch that was showing welcome signs of deterioration late on day three, as all good first-class surfaces should but few enough contrive to do. «ESPNcricinfo.com, Jul 15»
