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conduce, v.|kənˈdjuːs|
[ad. L. condūc-ĕre to lead together, collect, unite, connect; also, to hire, contract for; also of things, to contribute, be serviceable, conduce; f. con- together + dūcĕre to lead, draw. This L. verb, which became in F. conduire (with lengthened stem conduis-), has given many representatives in English, viz. i. condue, condye (through Fr.), with 2. the shortened cond; 3. conduce; 4. conduyte (through Fr.); 5. conduct: the last two from the ppl. stem conduct-. Of these cond, conduce, conduct, survive in differentiated senses.]
†1. trans. To lead, conduct, bring (lit. and fig.). Const. to. Obs.
c1475Partenay Prol. 206 Here I hym require To thys nede me ayde; and hys moder swet Mi mater conduce to the ende. 1514in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. i. I. 101 By cause that I shuld conduce home my said Lords companye. 1527Wolsey to Hen. VIII in St. Papers (R.), Ther was sent unto my lodging the cardinall of Bourbon, &c. to conduce me to my ladies presence. 1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 160 To conduce things to some order out of this chaos of confusion. 1651Reliq. Wotton. 95 To conduce hither the most lovely and vertuous princesse. 1658T. Meriton Love & War iv. i, I am conduc'd by willingnesse to dye.
†b. To bring together, contribute. Obs.
1717Bentley Serm. xi. 377 They conduce every one it's share to the..Beauty of the whole.
†2. (Sc.) To engage for money or other consideration; to hire. Const. inf. with to, or simply.
1502Will of Bromfeld (Somerset Ho.), That my executors conduce and wage an honest preest..to syng, etc. 1536Bellenden Cron. Scot. (1821) I. 256 He conducit ane gret nowmer of schippis and weirmen, part with the riches he wan in the weris of Italy..to cum in Albioun. 1609Skene Reg. Maj., Stat. Robt. I, 35 He quha is conduced be prayer, or be price. a1639Spottiswood Hist. Ch. Scot. vi. (1677) 330 Gowry..conducing a ship gave out that he would forthwith depart. 1689tr. Buchanan's De Jure Regni 37 Who for greater gain may be conduced to fight.
†3. To bring about, bring to effect. Obs.
1518Wolsey in Strype Eccl. Mem. I. i. 21 Your provident dexterity in the wise conducing of these his weighty matters. 1527― to Hen. VIII in St. Papers (R.), For the conducing and setting forthe of good amitie and peace betwene your highnes and her son. 1529in Burnet Hist. Ref. II. 96 For conducing the Kings purpose.
†4. intr. To lead. Const. to. Obs. rare.
1624[Scott] Votivæ Angliæ Ded. 1 As so many Lynes conducing to their Centre.
5. to conduce to: to lead or tend towards (a result); to aid in bringing about, contribute to, make for, further, promote, subserve. (The current sense.)
1586A. Day Eng. Secretarie i. (1625) 133 Much may the evill example of some lewdly given, conduce hereunto. 1606Shakes. Tr. & Cr. ii. ii. 168 The Reasons you alledge, do more conduce To the hot passion of distemp'red blood, Then to make vp a free determination. 1656tr. Hobbes' Elem. Philos. (1839) 79 How circumstances conduce severally to the production of effects. 1703Moxon Mech. Exerc. 257 The well-working and bonding of Brick-walls conduces very much to their strength. 1848Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 65 In all the virtues which conduce to success in life, the Scots have never been surpassed.
b. with person as subj. rare.
1879Green Read. Eng. Hist. xix. 99 He was resolved not to conduce to what he considered idolatry.
c. Const. inf. with to.
1606[see above]. a1626Bacon Sylva §352 The Boaring of Holes in that kinde of Wood..seemeth to conduce to make it Shine. 1736Butler Anal. i. vii. 126 Means very undesireable, often conduce to bring about Ends..desireable.
†d. Const. with. Obs. rare—1.
1649Selden Laws Eng. i. xxxiii. (1739) 51 As might best conduce with the benefit of the Inhabitants.
†6.
a. To be profitable or advantageous (to). Obs.
1621–1728 [see conducing ppl. a. 2]. 1655–60Stanley Hist. Philos. (1701) 124/2 These conduce much to the wise.
†b. trans. To be advantageous to, to profit. Obs. rare.
1577J. Northbrooke Dicing (1843) 6 Any thing that may conduce and benefite the mystical bodie.
¶ Of uncertain meaning: ? intr. (for refl.) ‘conducts itself, carries itself on, goes on’.
1606Shakes. Tr. & Cr. v. ii. 147 Within my soule, there doth conduce a fight Of this strange nature, that a thing inseperate, Diuides more wider then the skie and earth. |