contrive

Verb

• 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
    

• come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
  • excogitate a way to measure the speed of light
    

• make or work out a plan for; devise
  • They contrived to murder their boss
    
  • design a new sales strategy
    
  • plan an attack
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  project , cast , throw , invent , devise , excogitate , formulate , forge , plan , design