Both Uses
contrived
in
Julius Caesar
(Edited)
- we shall find of him
A shrewd contriver;p. 61.3contriver = plotter (arranger) - If thou read this, O Caesar, thou mayest live;
If not, the Fates with traitors do contrive.p. 85.6 *contrive = plot (make arrangements)
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)