Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An obsolete form of
contrive .
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Examples
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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
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“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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