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Forethink :: Forethink (v. t.) To contrive (something) beforehend.

Artificial :: Artificial (a.) Made or contrived by art; produced or modified by human skill and labor, in opposition to natural; as, artificial heat or light, gems, salts, minerals, fountains, flowers..

Contrivance :: Contrivance (n.) The thing contrived, invented, or planned; disposition of parts or causes by design; a scheme; plan; atrifice; arrangement..

Conceited :: Conceited (a.) Curiously contrived or designed; fanciful.

Trangram :: Trangram (n.) Something intricately contrived; a contrived; a puzzle.

Intrigue :: Intrigue (v. i.) To form a plot or scheme; to contrive to accomplish a purpose by secret artifice.

Claptrap :: Claptrap (a.) Contrived for the purpose of making a show, or gaining applause; deceptive; unreal..

Designer :: Designer (n.) One who designs, marks out, or plans; a contriver..

Timbered :: Timbered (a.) Built; formed; contrived.

Ingeniate :: Ingeniate (v. t. & i.) To invent; to contrive.

Getterup :: Getterup (n.) One who contrives, makes, or arranges for, anything, as a book, a machine, etc..

Humbug :: Humbug (n.) An imposition under fair pretenses; something contrived in order to deceive and mislead; a trick by cajolery; a hoax.

Hatch :: Hatch (v. t.) To contrive or plot; to form by meditation, and bring into being; to originate and produce; to concoct; as, to hatch mischief; to hatch heresy..

Precontrive :: Precontrive (v. t. & i.) To contrive or plan beforehand.

Premeditate :: Premeditate (v. t.) To think on, and revolve in the mind, beforehand; to contrive and design previously; as, to premeditate robbery..

Forecast :: Forecast (v. i.) To contrive or plan beforehand.

Lay :: Lay (v. t.) To prepare; to make ready; to contrive; to provide; as, to lay a snare, an ambush, or a plan..

Plot :: Plot (v. t.) To plan; to scheme; to devise; to contrive secretly.

Consult :: Consult (v. t.) To bring about by counsel or contrivance; to devise; to contrive.

Ingenious :: Ingenious (a.) Possessed of genius, or the faculty of invention; skillful or promp to invent; having an aptitude to contrive, or to form new combinations; as, an ingenious author, mechanic..

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