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Contrive

To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to invent; to design; to plan.

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Manner of action 8

Blueprint 76% connected

See under Print.

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Concert 76% connected

To plan together; to settle or adjust by conference, agreement, or consultation.

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Draft 76% connected

Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as Draught.

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Draught 76% connected

The act of drawing or pulling

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Engineer 76% connected

A person skilled in the principles and practice of any branch of engineering. See under Engineering, n.

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Map 76% connected

A representation of the surface of the earth, or of some portion of it, showing the relative position of the parts represented; -- usually on a flat…

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Plot 76% connected

A small extent of ground; a plat; as, a garden plot.

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Shoot 76% connected

An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artifi…

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Broader term 2

Direct 76% connected

Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.

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Send 76% connected

To cause to go in any manner; to dispatch; to commission or direct to go; as, to send a messenger.

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Derivationally related 12

Contrivance 74% connected

The act or faculty of contriving, inventing, devising, or planning.

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Contrivance 74% connected

The act or faculty of contriving, inventing, devising, or planning.

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Contriver 74% connected

One who contrives, devises, plans, or schemas.

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Contriver 74% connected

One who contrives, devises, plans, or schemas.

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Deviser 74% connected

One who devises.

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Deviser 74% connected

One who devises.

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Plan 74% connected

A draught or form; properly, a representation drawn on a plane, as a map or a chart; especially, a top view, as of a machine, or the representation o…

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Plan 74% connected

A draught or form; properly, a representation drawn on a plane, as a map or a chart; especially, a top view, as of a machine, or the representation o…

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Synonym 10

Cast 92% connected

of Cast

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Design 92% connected

To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace out; to draw.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Devise 92% connected

To form in the mind by new combinations of ideas, new applications of principles, or new arrangement of parts; to formulate by thought; to contrive;…

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Excogitate 92% connected

To think out; to find out or discover by thinking; to devise; to contrive.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Forge 92% connected

A place or establishment where iron or other metals are wrought by heating and hammering; especially, a furnace, or a shop with its furnace, etc., wh…

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Formulate 92% connected

To reduce to, or express in, a formula; to put in a clear and definite form of statement or expression.

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Invent 92% connected

To come or light upon; to meet; to find.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Plan 92% connected

A draught or form; properly, a representation drawn on a plane, as a map or a chart; especially, a top view, as of a machine, or the representation o…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Project 92% connected

The place from which a thing projects, or starts forth.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Throw 92% connected

Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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