To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to invent; to design; to plan.
1. To imagine; to form in the mind by new combinations of ideas or designs; to formulate by thought; to invent.
2. To plan or scheme for; to purpose to obtain.
3. To imagine; to guess.
4. (Law) To give by will (said of real estate); SYN. bequeath, invent, discover, contrive, imagine, plan, scheme.
5. (Law) Bequeath (real estate) by will.
1. To make a discovery; make a new finding; SYN. find.
2. To make a find the truth of; SYN. find.
3. To see for the first time; make a discovery.
To come up with; SYN. contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, forge.