Verb

• (1)S: (v) plan#3 (plan%2:36:00::), project#7 (project%2:36:01::), contrive#1 (contrive%2:36:01::), design#1 (design%2:36:02::) (make or work out a plan for; devise) "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack"
• (1)S: (v) invent#1 (invent%2:36:00::), contrive#2 (contrive%2:36:00::), devise#1 (devise%2:36:00::), excogitate#1 (excogitate%2:36:00::), formulate#2 (formulate%2:36:00::), forge#3 (forge%2:36:08::) (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#10 (project%2:36:03::), cast#1 (cast%2:36:02::), contrive#3 (contrive%2:36:02::), throw#7 (throw%2:36:02::) (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"