Verb

• S: (v) plan, project, contrive, design (make or work out a plan for; devise) "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack"
• S: (v) invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, forge (come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort) "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"
• S: (v) project, cast, contrive, throw (put or send forth) "She threw the flashlight beam into the corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a spell"; "cast a warm light"