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How to sign: make or work out a plan for; devise
"They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack";
Similiar / Same: design, plan, project
Categories: create by mental act, create mentally
Within this category: concert, map
How to sign: come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or priciple) after a mental effort
"excogitate a way to measure the speed of light";
Similiar / Same: invent, devise, excogitate, formulate, forge
Categories: create by mental act, create mentally