Both Uses of
contrived
in
Julius Caesar
- —I think it is not meet, Mark Antony, so well beloved of Caesar, Should outlive Caesar: we shall find of him A shrewd contriver; and you know his means, If he improve them, may well stretch so far As to annoy us all: which to prevent, Let Antony and Caesar fall together.†
Scene 2.1
- — If thou read this, O Caesar, thou mayest live; If not, the Fates with traitors do contrive.†
Scene 2.3 *
Definition:
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(contrived) unnatural seeming (due to careful planning)
or more rarely:
arranged (that something should happen)