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Webster 1913 Edition

Conduct

Con′duct

(kŏn′dŭkt)
,
Noun.
[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.
Shakespeare
4.
That which carries or conveys anything; a channel; a conduit; an instrument.
[Obs.]
Although thou hast been
conduct
of my shame.
Shakespeare
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.
Macaulay.
What in the
conduct
of our life appears
So well designed, so luckily begun,
But when we have our wish, we wish undone?
Dryden.
6.
Plot; action; construction; manner of development.
The book of Job, in
conduct
and diction.
Macaulay.
Syn. – Behavior; carriage; deportment; demeanor; bearing; management; guidance. See
Behavior
.

Con-duct′

(kŏn-dŭkt′)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Conducted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Conducting
.]
[See
Conduct
,
Noun.
]
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.
Milton.
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.
Prescott.
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.

Con-duct′

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.
2.
To conduct one's self; to behave.
[U. S.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Conduct

CONDUCT

,
Noun.
[L., to lead. See Duke.]
1.
Literally, the act of leading; guidance; command. So Waller has used it.
Conduct of armies is a princes art.
2.
The act of convoying, or guarding; guidance or brining along under protection.
3.
Guard on the way; convoy; escort.
[These senses are now unusual, though not improper.]
4.
In a general sense, personal behavior; course of actions; deportment; applicable equally to a good or a bad course of actions; as laudable conduct; detestable conduct. The word seems originally to have been followed with life, actions, affairs, or other term; as the conduct of life; the conduct of actions; that is, the leading along of life or actions.
Young men in the conduct and manage of actions embrace more than they can hold.
What in the conduct of our life appears.
But by custom, conduct alone is now used to express the idea of behavior or course of life and manners.
5.
Exact behavior; regular life. [Unusual.]
6.
Management; mode of carrying on.
Christianity has humanized the conduct of war.
7.
The title of two clergymen appointed to read prayers at Eton College in England.

CONDUCT

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To lead; to bring along; to guide; to accompany and show the way.
And Judah came to Gilgal--to conduct the king over Jordan. 2 Samuel 19.
2.
To lead; to direct or point out the way.
The precepts of Christ will conduct us to happiness.
3.
To lead; to usher in; to introduce; to attend in civility.
Pray receive them nobly, and conduct them into our presence.
4.
To give a direction to; to manage; applied to things; as, the farmer conducts his affairs with prudence.
5.
To lead, as a commander; to direct; to govern; to command; as, to conduct an army or a division of troops.
6.
With the reciprocal pronoun, to conduct ones self, is to behave. Hence, by a customary omission of the pronoun, to conduct, in an intransitive sense, is to behave; to direct personal actions. [See the Noun.]
7.
To escort; to accompany and protect on the way.

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