Verb

(dedicat)

To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate.

To set apart for a special use

dedicated their money to scientific research.

To commit (oneself) to a particular course of thought or action

dedicated ourselves to starting our own business. See Synonyms at devote.

To address or inscribe (a literary work, for example) to another as a mark of respect or affection.

To open (a building, for example) to public use.

To show to the public for the first time

dedicate a monument.

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.