conduce
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: PIE word
 *ḱóm
From Late Middle English conducen (“to guide, lead; (surgery) to draw together (edges of a wound, or parts of a torn sinew); to set (a broken bone)”), borrowed from Latin condūcere, the present active infinitive of condūcō (“to bring, draw, or lead together, assemble, collect; to contribute to something by being useful, be of use, be conducive to”), from con- (prefix denoting a bringing together of several things) + dūcō (“to conduct, guide, lead, lead away”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to draw, pull; to lead (pull behind oneself)”)). Doublet of conduct and conn.
Inflected forms:
form: conduces
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: conducing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: conduced
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: conduced
pos: verb
tags: past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: conduce
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: conduce
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: conduced
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: conduce
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: conducest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: conduced
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: conducedst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: conduces
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: conduceth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: conduced
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: conduce
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: conduced
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: conduce
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: conduced
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: conduce
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: conducing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: conduced
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
Senses:
gloss: To cause (something) to occur; to bring about.
pos: verb
tags: formal
obsolete
transitive
examples: And vvell aſſured you may be, the King's Highneſs upon Sight of theſe your ſaid Letters, not only much commended your great Diligence and provident Dexterity, in the vviſe conducing of theſe his vveighty Matters, vvhereby ye have deſerved his ſingular Favour and Thanks, but alſo took great Rejoicing, Conſolation and Comfort, in this honourable, princely and loving Demeanour of the ſaid French King: […]
[T]he King's Grace vvell knovveth, perceiveth, and taketh, that more could not have been done, excogitated, or deviſed, than ye have largely endeavoured your ſelf unto for conducing the King's purpoſe, […]
gloss: To contribute (something).
pos: verb
tags: formal
obsolete
transitive
gloss: To conduct or lead (someone or something).
pos: verb
tags: also
figuratively
formal
obsolete
transitive
examples: At laſt to conduce things to ſome order out of this Chaos of confuſion, their moſt learned Hiſtorian Elifarni, tooke vpon him to make ſtraight theſe crooked poſtures: […]
gloss: To advantage or benefit (someone or something).
pos: verb
tags: formal
obsolete
rare
transitive
gloss: To carry on or continue (an activity).
pos: verb
tags: formal
obsolete
possibly
rare
transitive
examples: VVithin my ſoule there doth conduce a fight / Of this ſtrange nature, that a thing inſeparat, / Diuides more vvider then the skie and earth: […]
gloss: To contribute or lead to a specific result.
pos: verb
tags: formal
intransitive
examples: The reaſons you alleadge, do more conduce / To the hot paſſion of diſtempred blood, / Then to make vp a free determination / Tvvixt right and vvrong: […]
The Boaring of Holes, in that kinde of VVood, and then laying it abroad, ſeemeth to conduce to make it Shine: […]
'Tis true, if Mythologie, and not demonſtrative reaſons vvere to be fixt upon in matters of Architecture, the former conceptions might be ſome ground to frame conjectures Stoneheng ſacred to Pan. But, Architecture depending upon demonſtration, not fancy, the fictions of Mythologiſts are no further to be embraced, then as not impertinently conducing to prove reall truths.
In the Study of Philoſophy men […] endeavour to find out the certainty of ſomething in queſtion; as vvhat is the cauſe of Light, of Heat, of Gravity, of a Figure propounded, and the like; or in vvhat Subject any propounded Accident is inhærent; or vvhat may conduce moſt to the generation of ſome propounded Effect from many Accidents; or in vvhat manner particular Cauſes ought to be compounded for the production of ſome certaine Effect.
It [i.e., holy discipline] conduceth to the conviction and ſalvation of the unbelieving vvorld, vvho are not capable of judging of our doctrine by it ſelf, but vvill judge of it by the quality of the Church that doth profeſs it.
Firſt, then, vve vvarn thee not too haſtily to condemn any of the Incidents in this our Hiſtory, as impertinent and foreign to our main Deſign, becauſe thou doſt not immediately conceive in vvhat manner ſuch Incident may conduce to that Deſign.
I resolved, therefore, that if my immediate union with my cousin would conduce either to her's or my father's happiness, my adversary's designs against my life should not retard it a single hour.
Best member in the family of Brassica! salubrious is the employment and sweet the reward of rearing thee [the cabbage] for the mouth and stomach! […] Thy votaries here present give evidence in their looks and conduct, how admirably thou conducest to innocent recreation and festive joy.
[T]he comparative sterility of the land, may be ranked among the causes which conduced to the greatness of the people.
He had observed, he said, with great satisfaction that many of the Scottish nobility and gentry with whom he had conferred in London were inclined to a union of the two British kingdoms. He was sensible how much such a union would conduce to the happiness of both.
"Shall we have conduced to your rest?" / Mr. Longdon looked at the other candle. "You're not coming to bed?" / "To my rest we shall not have conduced. I stay up a while longer."
Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare.
There was thus a strong tendency to assume that obedience to God's commandments could conduce to prosperity and safety.
Anecdotes aside, many historians are skeptical that trade, as a general rule, conduces to peace.
gloss: To be advantageous to; to advantage, to benefit.
pos: verb
tags: formal
intransitive
obsolete
examples: So [Julius Caesar] Scaliger of himſelfe ingenuouſly confeſſeth, […] I am mightily detained and allured vvith that grace & comelineſſe of faire vvomen, I am vvell pleaſed to bee idle amongſt them. And vvhat young man is not? As is acceptable and conducing to moſt, ſo eſpecially to a melancholy man.
Decoctions are made of Leaves, Roots, Flovvers, Seeds, Fruits, or Barks, conducing to the cure of the Diſease you make them for; in the ſame manner as they are made as vve ſhevved you in Syrups.
[O]nely be mindfull of me and of thirst; Theſe conduce much to the vviſe.
Related words: adduce
conduct
induce
reduce
seduce
Derived words: conduceful
conducement
conducency
conducer
conducing
conducive
conducively
conduciveness
disconduce
disconducive
inconducive
unconducive
unconduciveness
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