Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • An obsolete form of contrive.

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Examples

  • I tried this treatise myself,] ¶ ++Moor {e} of þis co {n} nyng {e} y Cast not me to contreve: my tyme is not to tary, hit drawest fast to eve.

    Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867

  • “Moor {e} of þis co {n} nyng {e} y Cast not me to contreve: my tyme is not to tary, hit drawest fast to eve. þis tretyse þat y haue entitled, if it ye entende to p {re} ve,

    Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867

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