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Conduct   /kəndˈəkt/  /kˈɑndəkt/   Listen
noun
Conduct  n.  
1.
The act or method of conducting; guidance; management. "Christianity has humanized the conduct of war." "The conduct of the state, the administration of its affairs."
2.
Skillful guidance or management; generalship. "Conduct of armies is a prince's art." "Attacked the Spaniards... with great impetuosity, but with so little conduct, that his forces were totally routed."
3.
Convoy; escort; guard; guide. (Archaic) "I will be your conduct." "In my conduct shall your ladies come."
4.
That which carries or conveys anything; a channel; a conduit; an instrument. (Obs.) "Although thou hast been conduct of my shame."
5.
The manner of guiding or carrying one's self; personal deportment; mode of action; behavior. "All these difficulties were increased by the conduct of Shrewsbury." "What in the conduct of our life appears So well designed, so luckily begun, But when we have our wish, we wish undone?"
6.
Plot; action; construction; manner of development. "The book of Job, in conduct and diction."
Conduct money (Naut.), a portion of a seaman's wages retained till the end of his engagement, and paid over only if his conduct has been satisfactory.
Synonyms: Behavior; carriage; deportment; demeanor; bearing; management; guidance. See Behavior.


verb
Conduct  v. t.  (past & past part. conducted; pres. part. conducting)  
1.
To lead, or guide; to escort; to attend. "I can conduct you, lady, to a low But loyal cottage, where you may be safe."
2.
To lead, as a commander; to direct; to manage; to carry on; as, to conduct the affairs of a kingdom. "Little skilled in the art of conducting a siege."
3.
To behave; with the reflexive; as, he conducted himself well.
4.
(Physics) To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit, as heat, light, electricity, etc.
5.
(Mus.) To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.


Conduct  v. i.  
1.
To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.
2.
To conduct one's self; to behave. (U. S.)





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"Conduct" Quotes from Famous Books



... water waileth, E'en the human tumult faileth; Stars their silent torches light, To conduct the car of night ...
— Fringilla: Some Tales In Verse • Richard Doddridge Blackmore
... wine with her, I walked out to conduct her to her own house; but in the way we met with a severe trial. All the weans were out parading with napkins and kail-blades on sticks, rejoicing and triumphing in the glad tidings of victory. But when they saw me and Mrs Malcolm coming slowly along, they ...
— The Annals of the Parish • John Galt
... not—in the main, though a little, perhaps—because he knew that the woman whose heart he desired to win had that night stood between him and death; not, though again a little, perhaps, because she had confirmed his choice by conduct which a small man might have deprecated, but which a great man loved; but chiefly, because the events of the night had placed in his grasp two weapons by the aid of which he looked to recover all the ground he had lost—lost by his impulsive ...
— Count Hannibal - A Romance of the Court of France • Stanley J. Weyman
... backward in giving advice, but that she has mines of wealth on that subject, and that she [Tabb] must endeavour to extract from her her views on the management of a household, children, etc., and the proper conduct to be observed toward husbands and the world in general. I am sure my little son will receive many wise admonitions which he will take open-mouthed. I have received a letter from your Uncle Carter telling me of his pleasant visit to you and of his agreeable impressions ...
— Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee • Captain Robert E. Lee, His Son
... I thank you, my sister!" But Sister Angele did not listen to me. She was indignant over my conduct! There was but one thing to do; keep quiet and accept the downpour without trying to ...
— Sac-Au-Dos - 1907 • Joris Karl Huysmans


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