Part 2251

<blockquote>It would have been magnanimous in the men then in power to have overlooked all these things, and, <b>condoning</b> the politics, to have rewarded the poetry of Burns. <i>J. C. Shairp.</i></blockquote>

<-- 1b. to consider or treat as if harmless or trivial -->

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>To pardon; to overlook the offense of; esp., to forgive for a violation of the marriage law; -- said of either the husband or the wife.</def>

<h1>Condor</h1> <Xpage=298>

<hw>Con"dor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp. <ets>condor</ets>, fr. Peruvian <ets>cuntur</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A very large bird of the Vulture family (<spn>Sarcorhamphus gryphus</spn>), found in the most elevated parts of the Andes.</def>

<-- also California condor -->

<h1>Condottiere</h1> <Xpage=298>

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

<h1>Conduce</h1> <Xpage=298>

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

<blockquote>He was sensible how much such a union would <b>conduce</b> to the happiness of both. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The reasons you allege do more <b>conduce</b> To the hot passion of distemper'd blood. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To contribute; aid; assist; tend; subserve.</syn>

<h1>Conduce</h1> <Xpage=298>

<hw>Con*duce"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To conduct; to lead; to guide.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>He was sent to <b>conduce</b> hither the princess. <i>Sir H. Wotton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Conducent</h1> <Xpage=298>

<hw>Con*du"cent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>conducens</ets>, p. pr.]</ety> <def>Conducive; tending.</def>

<blockquote><b>Conducent</b> to the good success of this business. <i>Abp. Laud.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Conducibility</h1> <Xpage=298>

<hw>Con*du"ci*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or quality of being conducible; conducibleness.</def>

<i>Bp. Wilkins.</i>

<h1>Conducible</h1> <Xpage=298>

<hw>Con*du"ci*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>conducibilis</ets>.]</ety> <def>Conducive; tending; contributing.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<blockquote>All his laws are in themselves <b>conducible</b> to the temporal interest of them that observe them. <i>Bentley.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Conducibleness</h1> <Xpage=298>

<hw>Con*du"ci*ble*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Quality of being conducible.</def>