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Con"dor (?), n. [Sp. condor, fr. Peruvian cuntur.] (Zo÷l.) A very large bird of the Vulture family (Sarcorhamphus gryphus), found in the most elevated parts of the Andes.

||Con`dot*tie"re (?), n.; pl. Condottieri (#). [It., captain.] A military adventurer of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, who sold his services, and those of his followers, to any party in any contest.

Con*duce" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Conduced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Conducing.] [L. conducere to bring together, conduce, hire; con- + ducere to lead. See Duke and cf. Conduct, n., Cond.] To lead or tend, esp. with reference to a favorable or desirable result; to contribute; -- usually followed by to or toward.

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

The reasons you allege do more conduce To the hot passion of distemper'd blood. Shak.

Syn. -- To contribute; aid; assist; tend; subserve.

Con*duce", v. t. To conduct; to lead; to guide. [Obs.]

He was sent to conduce hither the princess. Sir H. Wotton.

Con*du"cent (?), a. [L. conducens, p. pr.] Conducive; tending.

Conducent to the good success of this business. Abp. Laud.

Con*du"ci*bil"i*ty (?), n. The state or quality of being conducible; conducibleness. Bp. Wilkins.

Con*du"ci*ble (k&obreve;n*dū"s&ibreve;*b'l), a. [L. conducibilis.] Conducive; tending; contributing. Bacon.

All his laws are in themselves conducible to the temporal interest of them that observe them. Bentley.

Con*du"ci*ble*ness, n. Quality of being conducible.

Con*du"ci*bly, adv. In a manner to promote. [R.]

Con*du"cive (k&obreve;n*dū"s&ibreve;v), a. Loading or tending; helpful; contributive; tending to promote.

However conducive to the good or our country. Addison.

Con*du"cive*ness, n. The quality of conducing.

Con"duct (k&obreve;n"dŭkt), n. [LL. conductus defense, escort, fr. L. conductus, p. p. of conducere. See Conduce, and cf. Conduit.] 1. The act or method of conducting; guidance; management.

Christianity has humanized the conduct of war. Paley.

The conduct of the state, the administration of its affairs. Ld. Brougham.

2. Skillful guidance or management; generalship.

Conduct of armies is a prince's art. Waller.

Attacked the Spaniards . . . with great impetuosity, but with so little conduct, that his forces were totally routed. Robertson.

3. Convoy; escort; guard; guide. [Archaic]

I will be your conduct. B. Jonson.

In my conduct shall your ladies come. Shak.

4. That which carries or conveys anything; a channel; a conduit; an instrument. [Obs.]