All 3 Uses
contrived
in
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
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- But, howsomever thou pursues this act,
Taint not thy mind, nor let thy soul contrive
Against thy mother aught.†p. 61.6contrive = arrange - I will leave him and suddenly contrive the means of meeting between him and my daughter.†
p. 97.2 *
- He, being remiss,
Most generous, and free from all contriving,
Will not peruse the foils, so that with ease,
Or with a little shuffling, you may choose
A sword unbated, and in a pass of practice
Requite him for your father.†p. 231.9contriving = arranging -- especially in an unnatural way
Definitions:
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(1)
(contrived) unnatural seeming (due to careful planning)
or more rarely:
arranged (that something should happen) - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)