Contrive and Regulate

Contrive

Contrive verb - To create or think of by clever use of the imagination.

Regulate and contrive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Regulate" instead a verb "Contrive".

Nearby Words: contrivance, contriving, contriver

Regulate

Regulate verb - To keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression).

Contrive and regulate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contrive" instead a verb "Regulate".

Common collocations

way contrive way regulate way
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