Part 2252

<h1>Conducibly</h1> <Xpage=298>

<hw>Con*du"ci*bly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a manner to promote.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Conducive</h1> <Xpage=298>

<hw>Con*du"cive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Loading or tending; helpful; contributive; tending to promote.</def>

<blockquote>However <b>conducive</b> to the good or our country. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Conduciveness</h1> <Xpage=298>

<hw>Con*du"cive*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of conducing.</def>

<h1>Conduct</h1> <Xpage=298>

<hw>Con"duct</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>conductus</ets> defense, escort, fr. L. <ets>conductus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>conducere</ets>. See <er>Conduce</er>, and cf. <er>Conduit</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or method of conducting; guidance; management.</def>

<blockquote>Christianity has humanized the <b>conduct</b> of war. <i>Paley.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The <b>conduct</b> of the state, the administration of its affairs. <i>Ld. Brougham.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Skillful guidance or management; generalship.</def>

<blockquote><b>Conduct</b> of armies is a prince's art. <i>Waller.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Attacked the Spaniards . . . with great impetuosity, but with so little <b>conduct</b>, that his forces were totally routed. <i>Robertson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Convoy; escort; guard; guide.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<blockquote>I will be your <b>conduct</b>. <i>B. Jonson.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>In my <b>conduct</b> shall your ladies come. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>That which carries or conveys anything; a channel; a conduit; an instrument.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Although thou been <b>conduct</b> of my chame. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>The manner of guiding or carrying one's self; personal deportment; mode of action; behavior.</def>

<blockquote>All these difficulties were increased by the <b>conduct</b> of Shrewsbury. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>What in the <b>conduct</b> of our life appears So well designed, so luckily begun, But when we have our wish, we wish undone? <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>Plot; action; construction; manner of development.</def>

<blockquote>The book of Job, in <b>conduct</b> and diction. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Conduct money</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a portion of a seaman's wages retained till the end of his engagement, and paid over only if his conduct has been satisfactory.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Behavior; deportment; demeanor; bearing; management; guidance. See <er>Behavior</er>.</syn>

<h1>Conduct</h1> <Xpage=298>

<hw>Con*duct"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Conducted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Conducting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[See <er>Conduct</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To lead, or guide; to escort; to attend.</def>