Verb

(conduc)

To contribute or lead to a specific result.

* Macaulay

He was sensible how much such a union would conduce to the happiness of both.

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* 1971 , , Religion and the Decline of Magic , Folio Society 2012, p. 85:

There was thus a strong tendency to assume that obedience to God's commandments could conduce to prosperity and safety.

* 2011 , (Steven Pinker), The Better Angels of Our Nature , Penguin 2012, p. 343:

Anecdotes aside, many historians are skeptical that trade, as a general rule, conduces to peace.

Verb

(contriv)

To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to plan; to scheme; to plot.

* Hawthorne

Neither do thou imagine that I shall contrive aught against his life.

* 1813 , Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice , Modern Library Edition (1995), page 154

I cannot bear the idea of two young women traveling post by themselves. It is highly improper. You must contrive to send somebody.

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=10 citation , passage=With a little manœuvring they contrived to meet on the doorstep which was […] in a boiling stream of passers-by, hurrying business people speeding past in a flurry of fumes and dust in the bright haze.}}

To invent, to make devices; to form designs especially by improvisation.

To project, cast, or set forth, as in a projection of light.