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Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Conduce

Con·duce′, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Conduced; p. pr. & vb. n. Conducing.] [L. conducere to bring together, conduce, hire; con- + ducere to lead. See Duke and cf. Conduct, n., Cond.] To lead or tend, esp. with reference to a favorable or desirable result; to contribute; — usually followed by to or toward.

He was sensible how much such a union would conduce to the happiness of both. Macaulay.

The reasons you allege do more conduce To the hot passion of distemper'd blood. Shak.

Syn. — To contribute; aid; assist; tend; subserve.

Con·duce′, v. t. To conduct; to lead; to guide. [Obs.]

He was sent to conduce hither the princess. Sir H. Wotton.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Noah Porter, editor (Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913). Public domain. Text as transcribed by MICRA, Inc., from Project Gutenberg. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: Greek, which our source spelled in Latin letters, set in Greek letters; entries of one spelling merged into one article; Greek words our source left out (shown as “?”), read from the 1898 printing, from the same plates (the Library of Congress’s copy), where the place could be found with certainty.