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Shiff :: Shiff (v. i.) To resort to expedients for accomplishing a purpose; to contrive; to manage.

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

Artificer :: Artificer (n.) One who makes or contrives; a deviser, inventor, or framer..

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

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

Manage :: Manage (n.) To bring about; 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..

Postliminiar :: Postliminiar (a.) Contrived, done, or existing subsequently..

Contrive :: Contrive (v. i.) To make devices; to form designs; to plan; to scheme; to plot.

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

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

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

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

Fudge :: Fudge (v. t.) To make up; to devise; to contrive; to fabricate.

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

Plot :: Plot (v. i.) To contrive a plan or stratagem; to scheme.

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..

Artless :: Artless (a.) Contrived without skill or art; inartistic.

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

Concoct :: Concoct (v. t.) To digest in the mind; to devise; to make up; to contrive; to plan; to plot.

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