conduce
[verb]
Synonyms: contribute, redound, tend

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conduce verb. [kǝn'dju:s] LME.
[Latin conducere bring together, hire, contribute, formed as CON- + ducere to lead.]
I. verb trans.
1. Lead, conduct, bring (lit. & fig.). Foll. by to. LME-M17.

2. Engage for money, hire. Scot. L15-L17.

3. Bring about, bring to effect. Only in E16.

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conduce
II. verb intrans.

4. Foll. by to: lead or tend towards, contribute to; promote, encourage. L15.
■ W. S. Churchill This has not conduced to the national interest.
■ R. Wilbur All bitter things conduce to sweet.
■ Y. Menuhin These circumstances not conducing to slumber, I spent the rest hour holding forth.

5. Gather together, start. rare (Shakes.). Only in E16.
■ Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida Within my soul there doth conduce a fight Of this strange nature.

■ conducement noun (long rare) (a) the action or quality of conducing (to); (b) a thing that conduces, tendency: M16.

■ conducible adjective (obsolete exc. Scot.) that conduces; expedient, serviceable M16.

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