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  1. transitive verb To direct the course of; manage or control.
  2. transitive verb To lead or guide. See Synonyms at accompany.
  3. transitive verb Music To lead (an orchestra, for example).

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  • A lawyer, having noticed this, made his reflections on it, and it occurred to him that his conduct might be attributed to virtue rather than insensibility. —  The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi
  • I should say that his conduct was absolutely faultless. —  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • She conducted herself afterwards in so amiable a manner, that her conduct was almost without a flaw. —  Elizabeth Fry
  • He durst not speak to her, though the hurry of the ceremony gave him frequent opportunities; but he expressed so much sorrow and so respectful a fear of approaching her, that she no longer thought him to blame, though he had said nothing in his justification; his conduct was the same the following days, and wrought the same effect on the heart of Madam de Cleves. —  The Princess of Cleves
  • Nevertheless, the principle by which my conduct has been actuated through life would not suffer me, in any great emergency, to withhold any services I could render when required by my country — especially in a case where its dearest rights are assailed by lawless ambition and intoxicated power, in contempt of every principle of justice, and in violation of a solemn compact and of laws which govern all civilized nations — and this too with the obvious intent to sow thick the seeds of disunion for the purpose of subjugating our government and destroying our independence and happiness. —  Life and Times of Washington
 

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Etymologies (4)

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  1. Middle English conducten, from Latin condūcere, conduct-, to lead together; see conduce.

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  1. from Latin conductus, past participle of conducere, lead together, lead, hire: see conduce, and cf. conduct, n. The older form was condit, conduit: see conduit, v.
  2. In older form (Middle English) conduit, condit (see conduit); = French conduite = Spanish Portuguese conducta = Italian condotta, conduct, guidance, management, etc. (Portuguese also ‘conduit'), feminine forms (from Middle Latin as if *conducta), distinguished from Old French conduit, condut, condit, conduict, conduct, etc., conduct, guidance, escort, conductor, safe-conduct, etc., also way, channel, conduit, French conduit = Spanish Portuguese conducto = Italian condotto, masc, a conduit, channel, etc., from Middle Latin conductus, defense, protection, guard, escort, company, herd, also a canal, conduit, from Latin conductus, past participle of conducere, bring together, collect, lead to: see conduce and conduct, v., and cf. conduit, n., and conductus.
  3. Middle English conduct, from Latin conductus, hired, past participle of conducere, lead together, hire: see conduct, v., and cf. conductus.
 

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