“contrive” – English explanatory dictionary

verb to manage to do something

(kon•triv´), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Contrived p. pr. & vb. n. Contriving.] [OE. contriven, contreven, controven, to invent, OF. controver, contruver; con- + trouver to find. See Troubadour, trover.] To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to invent; to design; to plan. “What more likely to contrive this admirable frame of the universe than infinite wisdom.
Tillotson.” “neither do thou imagine that I shall contrive aught against his life.
Hawthorne.” Syn. — To invent; discover; plan; design; project; plot; concert; hatch.

v. i. To make devices; to form designs; to plan; to scheme; to plot. “The Fates with traitors do contrive.
Shak.” “Thou hast contrived against th very life
Of the defendant.
Shak.”