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contrivare

contrivare [ME contreven < AN contrever, OF controver] , to contrive, devise (esp. fraudulently). 1351 fabricaverunt et †contriverunt [MS app.: contruverunt] quoddam testamentum nuncupat[iv]um (CoramR 365) SessPEssex 134; 1391 †contreverunt baculos horribiles cum punctis ferreis et sibi liberatam de eisdem baculis ad terrorem communis populi ‥ fecerunt Pat 333 m. 15; 1571 feoffamenta ‥, conveiancie ‥ et execuciones fuerunt devisate et ~ate de malicia, fraude, covina, collusione sive dolo Entries 207b.

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