Contrive
Contrive (kon*trīv") , transitive verb
[Old English contriven, contreven, controven, to invent, Old French controver, contruver; con- + trouver to find. See Troubadour, trover.]
To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to invent; to design; to plan.
What more likely to contrive this admirable frame of the universe than infinite wisdom.
neither do thou imagine that I shall contrive aught against his life.
Contrive , intransitive verb
To make devices; to form designs; to plan; to scheme; to plot.
The Fates with traitors do contrive.
Thou hast contrived against th very life
Of the defendant.