单词 | conducible |
释义 | † conducibleadj.n. Obsolete. A. adj. 1. a. Capable of conducing; tending or fitted to promote (a specified end or purpose); = conducive adj. and n. Const. to (rarely for). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > [adjective] > conducive inductative1532 conducible1551 conducent1560 conducing1586 conducive1646 conductive1666 the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > furtherance > [adjective] > tending to further promotive1523 conducible1551 conducent1560 conducing1586 conduceful1635 conducive1646 conductive1666 amical1789 1551 J. Bale Actes Eng. Votaryes: 2nd Pt. f. lxxxi A thynge very conducyble to the vnderstandyng of the scriptures. 1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse i. sig. B6v More conducible vnto their healthes. 1667 Naphtali (1761) 143 A most conducible expedient for the securing the ends thereof. 1720 R. Welton tr. T. Alvares de Andrade Sufferings Son of God II. xv. 401 Nothing that could be any wayes conducible to the Accomplishment of this Mighty Work. 1756 T. Amory Life John Buncle I. 22 Conducible means to social happiness. b. Const. infinitive with to. ΚΠ 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin xv. 873 So conducible his example to carie the mindes of his souldiours to contemne all perill. 1684 T. Manton Pract. Expos. Lord's-prayer in Wks. (1870) I. 214 Outward afflictions..are not so conducible to humble a gracious heart as temptations. 2. Conducive to the desired end; advantageous, expedient, serviceable, beneficial. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > [adjective] fremefulc1000 i-duȝea1250 hendyc1275 begetela1325 profitablea1325 speedful1340 worth1340 speedyc1380 behoveful1382 fructuousc1386 fruitfulc1386 vailable1390 availantc1420 availingc1420 commodious1420 commodous?1440 available1474 behovablea1475 advantageousc1485 profitly1485 beneficiala1513 advantageable1548 sanative1548 gainful1555 vantageable1570 vantageous?1572 gainy1573 comfortable1576 conducent1578 advantageous1591 bootful1594 availful1598 conducible?1611 commoditous1621 conducing1624 conduceful1635 proficuousa1642 proficaciousa1660 beneficenta1676 conducive1710 benefactory1744 benignant1791 sanatorya1832 beneficiary1836 ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads i. 113 She shall go, if more conducible That course be than her holding here. 1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden clviii Caraway seeds..are very conducible to all the cold griefs of the Head. a1680 J. Corbet Humble Endeavour (1683) i. ix. 7 Sin..cannot be willed of God as a thing convenient or conducible. 3. Factitious archaism: = ‘That may be led’. ΚΠ 1846 W. S. Landor Citation & Exam. Shakespere in Wks. II. 287 It is a tractable and conducible youth. 1846 W. S. Landor Citation & Exam. Shakespere in Wks. II. 299. B. n. A conducible or conducive thing. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > [noun] > conduciveness > that which is conducive conducement1632 conduciblea1676 conducive1793 the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > furtherance > [noun] > tendency to further > that which conducement1632 conduciblea1676 conducive1793 a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) ii. ix. 211 These Motions of Generations and Corruptions, and of the conducibles thereunto. 1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. III iii. 17 Aristotle and Plato cal such things as conduce to the Wel-being of the Bodie and Life, ‘Goods’: the Stoic will not have them called so, but προηγμενα, ‘conducibles’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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