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Carve :: Carve (v. t.) To lay out; to contrive; to design; to plan.

Puzzle :: Puzzle (v.) Something which perplexes or embarrasses; especially, a toy or a problem contrived for testing ingenuity; also, something exhibiting marvelous skill in making..

Figure :: Figure (v. t.) To calculate; to contrive; to scheme; as, he is figuring to secure the nomination..

Architect :: Architect (n.) A contriver, designer, or maker..

Devisable :: Devisable (a.) Capable of being devised, invented, or contrived..

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

Father :: Father (n.) One who, or that which, gives origin; an originator; a producer, author, or contriver; the first to practice any art, profession, or occupation; a distinguished example or teacher..

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

Excogitate :: Excogitate (v. t.) To think out; to find out or discover by thinking; to devise; to contrive.

Plotter :: Plotter (n.) One who plots or schemes; a contriver; a conspirator; a schemer.

Highmen :: Highmen (n. pl.) Loaded dice so contrived as to turn up high numbers.

Enginer :: Enginer (n.) A contriver; an inventor; a contriver of engines.

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..

Catchpenny :: Catchpenny (a.) Made or contrived for getting small sums of money from the ignorant or unwary; as, a catchpenny book; a catchpenny show..

Imaginer :: Imaginer (n.) One who forms ideas or conceptions; one who contrives.

Cipher :: Cipher (n.) A private alphabet, system of characters, or other mode of writing, contrived for the safe transmission of secrets; also, a writing in such characters..

Brew :: Brew (v. t.) To foment or prepare, as by brewing; to contrive; to plot; to concoct; to hatch; as, to brew mischief..

Imagine :: Imagine (v. t.) To contrive in purpose; to scheme; to devise; to compass; to purpose. See Compass, v. t., 5..

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

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

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