So I am looking up the meaning of 'contrive' in google using:
And it says:
Verb 1. Create or bring about (an object or a situation) by deliberate use of skill and artifice. 2. Manage to do something foolish or create an undesirable situation.
However when I typed
define contrived, I get:
Adjective 1. Deliberately created rather than arising naturally or spontaneously. 2. Giving a sense of artificiality.
contrived is a different word altogether. But can it also be used as the past tense of