Definition of Contriving

1. Verb. (present participle of contrive) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Contriving

1. contrive [v] - See also: contrive

Lexicographical Neighbors of Contriving

contritely
contriteness
contritenesses
contrition
contritions
contrivable
contrivance
contrivances
contrive
contrived
contrivement
contrivements
contriver
contrivers
contrives
contriving (current term)
contro-
control
control-freak
control account
control animal
control arm
control board
control brief
control briefs
control center
control character
control chart
control charts
control circuit

Literary usage of Contriving

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on the Parties to Actions, and on Pleading: With Second and Third by Joseph Chitty, Thomas Chitty, John A. Dunlap, Edward Duncan Ingraham (1837)
"Tet the said defendant, not regarding his said several Breach, promises and undertakings, but contriving to deceive and defraud the said EF in his life-time ..."

2. A Treatise on Pleading, and Parties to Actions: With Second and Third by Joseph Chitty, Henry Greening, John A. Dunlap, Edward Duncan Ingraham, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1866)
"... E. but contriving to deceive and defraud the said plaintiff in this behalf, have ASSI SES. no^ nor j^k either of them as yet paid the said several sums ..."

3. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1860)
"... than two of his contriving ; for the event of this double-barrelled scheme has been, that the colonel and his party are defeated,1 near a thousand of ..."

4. A Complete System of Pleading: Comprehending the Most Approved Precedents by John Wentworth, George Townesend, James Cornwall (1797)
"... but contriving, &c. did not take (kid corn and grain fo d-'livered to him and ... not regarding, &c. but contriving, &c. did not take any care of, ..."

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